Sat Dec 9, 2017, 09:27 PM

Baconator (1,459 posts)

DNC 'unity' panel recommends huge cut in superdelegates

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Source: Politico

A commission set up to help reform the Democratic presidential nominating process has voted to restrict the number of superdelegates as part of a slew of changes.

The Democratic Party’s Unity Reform Commission is recommending cutting the number of superdelegates by about 400, equal to a 60 percent reduction. Many of the remaining superdelegates would see their vote tied to the results in their state.
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The recommendations will now go to the Democratic National Committee’s rules and bylaws committee, and then likely to the full 447-member Democratic National Committee for consideration sometime next year, where it will need two-thirds support to pass.

“It’s not going to be about 447 people, it’s going to be about millions of people and how they pick up this challenge and this path,” said Larry Cohen, the former president of the Communication Workers of America who was appointed to this commission by 2016 candidate Bernie Sanders.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/09/dnc-superdelegates-unity-commission-288634

Progress... See where it goes...

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11 replies	Author	Time	Post
DNC 'unity' panel recommends huge cut in superdelegates (Original post)	Baconator	Dec 2017	OP
Great	FBaggins	Dec 2017	#1
That's kind of funny	shenmue	Dec 2017	#2
If votes of super delegates are tied to results of states	LiberalFighter	Dec 2017	#3
If they can also get rid of caucuses as well...	TomCADem	Dec 2017	#4
The option of absentee voting for caucuses is one of the reforms.	lapucelle	Dec 2017	#7
I favor doing away with primaries and just having a caucus	left-of-center2012	Dec 2017	#9
Unless you cannot take time off from work. n/t	Yavin4	Dec 2017	#10
Good. Hopefully	zentrum	Dec 2017	#5
And for voters who can't avail themselves of the priviledge of caucus voting.	lapucelle	Dec 2017	#8
Glad to see that many of the reforms concern the undemocratic caucus sysyem. N/T	lapucelle	Dec 2017	#6
this is going to be locked as it is duplicate content of the post linked below	NRaleighLiberal	Dec 2017	#11

Response to Baconator (Original post)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 09:31 PM

FBaggins (25,621 posts)

1. Great

long time coming... though it could be a challenge this time around due to the large expected field

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Response to Baconator (Original post)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 09:31 PM

shenmue (38,399 posts)

2. That's kind of funny

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Sat Dec 9, 2017, 09:39 PM

LiberalFighter (45,558 posts)

3. If votes of super delegates are tied to results of states

might as well do away with them.

Super Delegates are there 1) as a safety valve, 2) include elected officials and DNC members so they feel they are part of it.

Bernie Sanders also should not be allowed to appoint anyone to any committee in the DNC. He is not a party member.

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Sat Dec 9, 2017, 09:40 PM

TomCADem (17,280 posts)

4. If they can also get rid of caucuses as well...

It disenfranchises folks who can't take the whole day off to spend at a caucus. Also, it is just embarrassing when a caucus reaches a result that is different from the popular vote during the primaries as was the case in Washington.

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Response to TomCADem (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 10:02 PM

lapucelle (15,105 posts)

7. The option of absentee voting for caucuses is one of the reforms.

Caucus raw vote tallies must be reported as well.

230,000 people participated in the Washington state presidential caucuses in March 2016.

1,300,000 voters participated in the non-binding Washington state presidential primary in May 2016.

It was through through the caucuses that delegates were awarded.

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Response to TomCADem (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 9, 2017, 10:09 PM

left-of-center2012 (34,195 posts)