May 2012 UTC Actually the link that you just referred to has been updated like this in red letters in the link The Green Papers has revised its soft count of the 40 Republican National Convention delegates from MINNESOTA as follows The 24 Congressional District delegates formally bound pledged to presidential contenders up through Sunday 22 April 2012 and already hard count ed on this website are now soft count ed as follows Ron Paul 20 Rick Santorum 2 Uncommitted 2 The 13 at large delegates not yet formally bound pledged to presidential contenders these will be formally bound pledged as a result of the Minnesota Republican STATE CONVENTION on Saturday 19 May 2012 are now soft count ed per the results of the 7 February Precinct Caucuses proportionally among each presidential contender receiving at least 5 of the caucus vote as follows Rick Santorum 6 45 1 of 13 5 86 Ron Paul 4 27 2 of 13 3 53 Mitt Romney 2 16 9 of 13 2 20 Newt Gingrich 1 10 8 of 13 1 40 In addition 1 of the 3 Party leaders has indicated support for Newt Gingrich The total soft count of GOP delegates from Minnesota is therefore now Ron Paul 24 20 4 Rick Santorum 8 2 6 Mitt Romney 2 Newt Gingrich 2 1 1 Uncommitted 2 available 2 Also that same link says much farther down At large delegates may be bound on the first ballot unless released by the candidate if directed by the state convention No delegate to the Republican National Convention shall be bound by Party rules unless bound by the State Convention pursuant to the State Party Constitution Article 5 Section 3D or by State law to cast his her vote for a particular candidate on any ballot at the convention BYLAWS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF MINNESOTA ARTICLE VI No Delegate to the Republican National Convention shall be bound by party rules or by state law to cast his her vote for a particular candidate on any ballot at the convention except that the state convention may bind the Delegates whom it elects to the National Convention of the Republican Party on the first ballot to vote for a candidate for the office of President of the United States unless they be released by said candidate REPUBLICAN PARTY OF MINNESOTA CONSTITUTION Section 5 C Also the Wiki article on this process has similar language to the above We ll all find out this weekend how things shake out in MN 21 58 3