Story highlights The Tennessee GOP approved its final slate of 2016 delegates over the objections of Donald Trump's supporters

Trump won Tennessee's primary with 38.9% of the vote on March 1

Washington (CNN) The Tennessee Republican Party on Saturday approved its final slate of 2016 delegates over the objections of Donald Trump's supporters, who claimed party leaders were trying to unfairly appoint delegates who don't support the GOP front-runner.

Trump won Tennessee's primary on March 1 with 38.9% of the vote , capturing 33 of the state's 58 pledged delegates. But those delegates are only bound to Trump through the first two rounds of balloting at the Republican National Convention in July, meaning that delegates who aren't loyal to the GOP front-runner -- or any other 2016 hopeful -- could switch to a different candidate on a third ballot.

And Tennessee rules offer delegates pledged to a candidate who has withdrawn from the race -- such as Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who picked up nine delegates -- "the right to attend the convention." But in the event they should choose not to travel, the state GOP chairman has the power to select a replacement.

As part of the state's GOP delegate allocation procedures, Tennessee Republican Party officials met Saturday to appoint individuals to serve in 14 of the delegate slots won by the candidates at the March 1 primary. Trump and Cruz were each awarded six delegates, while Rubio was awarded two, according to state party chairman Ryan Haynes in an interview with CNN's Poppy Harlow on "CNN Newsroom."

"(Trump) gets the same number of delegates" that he received in March, Haynes said, adding that "what happened is he put forth a slate of individuals that he wanted to see go under his name, but unfortunately, we are not able to accommodate every one of his requests."

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