Instability Planned In Case of Tight Nominating Conventions

WSBT, Channel 22, in South Bend, Indiana, reports the possibility of dispute in case of a close national primary result.

The Democratic Party has stripped the state of Michigan of all its delegates for scheduling their primary before February 5 in violation of party rules. All of the candidates except Hillary have withdrawn from the race there in deference to the party policy. No write-ins are allowed. However, it appears the Michigan Democratic Party is appointing a set of presumably all-Hillary delegates in order to cause mayhem at the convention in case of a close result.

The state Republicans are apparently preparing a full slate of delegates despite party rules which stripped them of half of their total. However, in this case the candidates are all on the ballot in Michigan, because there really are delegates at stake.

I'm not expecting Hillary to denounce these efforts to wreck the political process of her party.

The Boston Globe reports that all five states penalized by the Republicans claim they will be getting all their delegates because "the nominee" will want a "full delegation". Yes, but what if there IS NO NOMINEE? To further confuse things, Florida is a winner-take-all state, so whoever wins that one is getting a big bloc of potential mayhem.