There’s been scant reporting on the Michigan Republican party’s curious—some allege unscrupulous—clarification of the rules regarding the state’s two at-large delegates to the national convention. The folks at Right Michigan, a conservative blog, have a thorough explanation of the story. Here’s a summary.

Because Michigan, like other states, decided to hold their primary before March 6, the Republican National Committee, per its own rules, penalized the state GOP by reducing the number of voting delegates it could send to the national convention in Tampa. That meant instead of the regular 56 elected delegates, Michigan would only send 30 to cast ballots for the nominee. Of the original 56, 42 were to be allocated based on congressional district (3 delegates for each of Michigan’s 14 congressional districts); this number of voting delegates was reduced to 28, or 2 for each district. The remaining 14 “at-large” voting delegates would be reduced to 2, bringing the total to 30.