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Local Republicans Nix Straw Vote In Caucus Saturday
The exercise will only choose delegates for a countywide caucus later.
After weeks of explanations and prognostications, caucus time is Saturday for most Republicans in St. Louis County. In most years, caucuses are simply a mechanism to approve delegates of whoever prevailed in the Republican primary. But since Republicans limited the dates during which primaries would be binding, and the Missouri legislature has not moved to change the primary date, the Missouri Republican Party is using caucuses as the mechanism to choose their delegates. Get updates with free Chesterfield Patch subscription But there is yet another peculiarity to the state caucus. Missouri Republican Party spokesman Jonathan Poutry explained. “Unlike many other caucus states, there will not be a straw poll attached to the caucus. Caucus-…
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