unpledged

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Delegates can be divided into two broad categories: pledged and unpledged, as Democrats call them, or bound and unbound, as Republicans call them.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2023

"We can always contribute additional bitcoins to maintain the required loan-to-value ratio ... even at current prices, we continue to maintain more than sufficient additional unpledged bitcoins to meet our requirements under the loan agreement."

From Reuters • Jun. 15, 2022

Some delegates, however, are unpledged and are able to vote for any candidate at the convention.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2016

Of the 10 unpledged delegates, known as “superdelegates,” four have maintained their support for Hillary Clinton, the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination.

From Washington Times • May 19, 2016

But "spirits of a purer fire" prefer to decide each question as it comes up, and to act upon the merits of the case, unbound and unpledged.

From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by Howes, S. O. (Silas Orrin)