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The United States 2012 Republican National Convention, in which delegates of the Republican Party will choose the party's nominees for President and Vice President, will be held during the week of August 27, 2012, in Tampa, Florida[1] at the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
Host selection On August 14, 2009, the Republican National Committee named a 13 person Site Selection Committee to start the process of selecting a host city for the 2012 convention.[2] News reports in early 2010 indicated that Tampa as well as Salt Lake City, Utah, and Phoenix, Arizona, had been selected as finalist candidates for the convention site.[1][3][4] The decision was announced on May 12, 2010, when Tampa was selected as the host city.[5] Host committee The 2012 Tampa Bay Host Committee is the official and federally designated Presidential Convention host committee for the 2012 Republican National Convention. [6] The Host Committee is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation organized to fund, manage and implement various functions in connection with the 2012 RNC Convention. The Host Committee is charged with raising $55,000,000 to pay for nearly all aspects of the Convention. The Host Committee is composed of prominent Florida business executives, civic leaders and other community leaders. The Host Committee is chaired by Al Austin and Ken Jones serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer. [7] [8] Policing The convention is designated as a National Special Security Event, which means that ultimate authority over law enforcement goes to the Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security. Convention security is funded in the amount of $50 million[9] by a federal allocation. Much of the money goes to deputizing additional police. Other expenses include expanded surveillance technology and the purchase of a $296,496 armored SWAT vehicle.[10][11] Tampa Bay has disclosed specifically that it has spent $1.18m on video linkages between ground police and helicopters.[12][13][14] Tampa police are still deciding how to cordon off areas of the city to maintain tourism while keeping protests limited. Police Chief Jane Castor has stated that although Harbour Island will not be off-limits to non-residents, "there will be some checkpoints."[15] The city has announced an estimated force of between 3000 and 4000 officers on each day of the convention.[16] Impact The city has already planned to cancel all trials occurring during the week of the convention, due to concerns about jurors moving in and out of the city. Various government operations will move to nearby suburban areas. One exception to this trend is predicted trials for arrested protesters, which will be presided over by "on-call judges." City officials say they are planning on fencing off some government buildings, but that it is the responsibility of businesses to defend their own buildings.[17] Protests In October 2011, Tampa city officials began planning for anticipated protests, and discussions centered around small prior protests by the Occupy movement. According to former Tampa City Council member John Dingfelder, then the senior staff attorney for the mid-Florida office of the American Civil Liberties Union, the convention should expect to draw far more protestors and the city should plan on up to 10,000 protestors. Dingfelder encouraged the city to be proactive regarding where protests could occur and protestors could sleep. Tampa's Mayor Bob Buckhorn's response was "If they want a place to sleep, they can go home or to a hotel," "Just because they want to occupy something doesn't mean we are obligated to provide them with an opportunity to camp out in a public park or on a sidewalk."[18] Delegate count Republican Primaries by plurality in state delegations To have a speech formally putting his or her name in nomination, a candidate has to show a plurality of delegates in 5 delegations as 40(b) of the rules of the Republican Party adopted by the last convention specifies: By May 20 this requirement had only been meet by two candidates. Ron Paul has a plurality in two states and is still running an active campaign to secure plurality in five states. | Republican National Convention Presidential nominee vote, 2012 | | Candidate | First Ballot | Percentage | | Ron Paul | 0 | 0% | | Mitt Romney | 0 | 0% | | Rick Santorum | 0 | 0% | | Totals | 2,286 | 100.00% | See also References External links es:Convenci n Nacional Republicana de 2012 pt:Conven o Nacional Republicana de 2012
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