Jane C. Timm is a senior reporter for NBC News.
The Vermont Republican Party is prohibited from backing a candidate with a felony conviction, according to the party’s publicly posted rules. That is now a bit of a problem, since the presumptive Republican presidential nominee was recently convicted on 34 felony counts. “The state committee will not support or promote any candidate for elective office who… is a convicted felon,” read the rules, which govern everything from party meetings to how delegates must vote at national conventions.
It's unclear if such a rule will affect how Vermont's GOP delegates vote at the Republican National Convention in July. Former U.N Ambassador Nikki Haley won all of Vermont’s delegates but suspended her campaign in March; she has since endorsed Trump. The party rules dictate that delegates to the RNC are not bound if a candidate withdraws or suspends their campaign.
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