Here’s what would happen at if the Republicans have a contested convention
’ ’It could lower the threshold considerably — say, by requiring that a candidate only needs to have the backing of a plurality of a single state or territory, which would allow Cruz and Rubio to both qualify, as well as Kasich if he wins his home state of Ohio — or they could replace it with some other qualifying standard that was to ensure their chosen candidates could meet it, while others could not.
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