Anti-Trump Group Claims to Have Enough Signatures to Force Roll Call Vote

Delegates Unbound, a group still hoping to let GOP delegates vote for whomever they choose, said today they have the support necessary to force a roll call vote on the rules package.

This is a minor, incremental step towards unbinding pledged delegates who are committed to voting for Donald Trump but would like to vote for another candidate. If this step succeeds, delegates on the floor must reject the entire rules package passed by a rules committee earlier today, sending it back to the committee for reconsideration.

The up-or-down vote on the rules package coming late this afternoon is traditionally handled by voice only.

"Despite every obstacle thrown in our way, the movement of all the stakeholders involved in this effort have gained a majority of the delegates in 10 states," Delegates Unbound co-founder M. Dane Waters said in a statement today. "Now we take this fight to the floor."

According to Rule 39, a roll call vote may be called if a majority of at least seven states demands a vote on the floor.

ABC News' Shushannah Walshe contributed to this report.

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