Aug 25 2008
Florida and Michigan Delegations Awarded Full Voting Rights
Why this is a good thing, this time.
The Democratic Party credentials committee has awarded Florida and Michigan full voting rights despite the fact that they broke party rules regarding primary scheduling:
Democratic delegates from Michigan and Florida were awarded full voting rights at the national convention Sunday, despite holding early primaries against party rules. The convention credentials committee voted unanimously to restore the voting privileges at the behest of Barack Obama, the party’s presumptive nominee for president. The states were initially stripped of delegates for holding primaries before Feb. 5. The party’s rules committee restored the delegates in May, but gave them only half votes.
While this will move will do little to placate Clinton’s hardcore supporters hopefully it will nullify the inevitable GOP “disenfranchisement” calls.
Given the fact that Obama’s superdelegate lead ensures this won’t affect the nomination outcome it really was a no-brainer.

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