They waited until everyone voted in 2008. Hillary can't win a majority of the pledged delegates without California. The superdelegates haven't voted yet and can change their mind at any moment. Such disrespect to those of us voting tomorrow. Scum.
I don't get this line. The pledged delegates haven't voted either, but we count them. They are also (technically) allowed to change their vote.
Huh? Pledged delegates are bound to vote on the first ballot for their candidate.
"Bound" can be a squishy word, though. It is certainly not illegal to vote contrary to how you are "bound" to vote, and usually delegates are chosen for their blind loyalty much like the electoral college. But just as faithless electors are a thing, you could theoretically have faithless delegates. I don't know if it's ever happened in a meaningful way, though.
A lot of states have laws that make the pledges legally binding, and the state chairs that announce the votes at the convention could simply refuse to announce improperly cast votes, either declaring they were cast as they should have been or saying the delegates abstained. And it's not quite like the EC because the delegates are, with a few exceptions, chosen by state parties and not by the candidates themselves. That's why there are a number of delegates at the convention this year who will vote for TRUMP because of their pledge, but would vote for Cruz if they were allowed to do so.