On Saturday, the Democratic Party's Rules and Bylaws Committee decided to seat the delegates from Florida and Michigan at this year's convention despite voting last year to strip both states of their delegates. This happened after the states scheduled their primaries on dates that were against party rules.
In this compromise, both states' full delegations will be seated, but each delegate was allowed a half-vote only.
A half-vote? I don't know a lot about Michigan, but it is obvious the folks in Florida don't know what they are doing when it comes to elections. After the fiasco in 2000's presidential election, I assumed they would get their act together, but Democratic Party leaders in that state really let their citizens down by screwing up their primary.
The Democrats should have either stood by their decision last year to allow no delegates from these states or they should have allowed the delegates full-vote status. This kind of reminds me of the 'three-fifths compromise' back in the 18th century. You can look it up.
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"In this compromise, both states' full delegations will be seated, but each delegate was allowed a half-vote only."
Remember the Democrats' mantra during the 2000 Florida re-count: "Let every vote count!"
What a crock, indeed.
Exactly, Joltin. One person = one vote? I guess not.
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