2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMaine Super Delegates are forced to be democratic - Another win for the good side
http://usuncut.com/politics/maine-democratic-party-just-got-rid-superdelegate-system/Rep. Diane Russell (D-Portland), who introduced the amendment, told US Uncut that the measure was passed by a single voice vote, followed by chants of Ber-nie! Ber-nie!
I never expected this kind of response from the amendment, Russell said in a phone interview.
The adoption of the amendment means that Maines superdelegate votes will now be allocated proportionally according to the overall popular vote, rather than each superdelegate having complete autonomy. Currently, three of Maines five superdelegates are supporting Hillary Clinton, with one supporting Bernie Sanders and one who remains uncommitted to either candidate. Under the new rules, Sanders, who won the Maine caucus with 64 percent of the vote, would have three superdelegates to Clintons two.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)Their Super Delegates have their heads up their asses.
chknltl
(10,558 posts)Their heads are up corporate asses or DLC asses but surely not their own asses.
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pat_k
(9,313 posts)I'm not sure what the procedure is for introducing an amendment to the rules, but I sure hope someone introduces it at the Washington State Democratic Convention.
We may be seeing this happen in a lot of states.
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)tammywammy
(26,582 posts)Agschmid
(28,749 posts)bkkyosemite
(5,792 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,333 posts)Just exactly as it is now.
For the record, I don't think there should BE any "super-delegates."
bobbobbins01
(1,681 posts)Our endgame is to fix the system. We're in this until that occurs.
pat_k
(9,313 posts)synergie
(1,901 posts)kept making because they didn't understand or care about the rules.
Gothmog
(145,063 posts)Good luck with that
MineralMan
(146,284 posts)if affirmed by the national Convention as a change in the rules.
All it means now is that the Maine Democratic Party thinks it's a good idea that should be adopted. It doesn't affect unpledged delegates this year at the Democratic Nominating Convention.
Aside from that, Maine has only 5 unpledged "superdelegates." So, it would have little effect in the first place.
This is another example of the incompetence in reporting at usuncut. There are many other such examples.