What the heck does nomination by acclamation mean?

[bigdarryl]

Sanders did this and the Convention went crazy.

[BumRushDaShow]

1. He released his delegates to have Clinton unanimously nominated. nt

[yallerdawg]

5. After every delegate vote recorded.

Astoundingly magnanimous.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. For some reason, no one noted that Tennessee passed

but yes, they had everyone else go...

[yallerdawg]

8. You must have missed it.

C-SPAN transcript:

>> MADAM SECRETARY, THE GREAT STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE STATE THAT RATIFIED THE 19TH AMENDMENT TO GIVE WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE HAPPILY CAST 23 VOTES FOR SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS AND 50 VOTES FOR THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?412846-1/hillary-clinton-officially-nominated-democratic-presidential-nominee&live=&start=7730

Also:

MR. SANDERS: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I MOVE THAT THE CONVENTION SUSPEND THE PROCEDURAL RULES. I MOVE THAT ALL VOTES CAST BY DELEGATES BE REFLECTED IN THE OFFICIAL RECORD, AND I MOVE THAT HILLARY CLINTON BE SELECTED AS THE NOMINEE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Okay. I had been sitting here watching CSPAN for the entire roll call when Rawlings

got to them and I saw the camera focus on a group waving as if requesting to skip and she stumbled and then went to Texas. Maybe the feed skipped/cut out on my cable (while they did a short reporting of the votes)?

Odd. But then I have Comcast in the home of Comcast where this is going on about 20 miles from me in the arena where Comcast Spectacor lives.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. It basically means that everybody agrees on the nominee

and they suspend the ballot counting. They went through the roll call process to give all the states a chance to cast ballots but Bernie moved to suspend the rest of the process, release his delegates and nominate HRC by acclamation. It was a perfect move.

[Panich52]

19. Not quite. It means candidate gets unanimous nomination. Bernie didn't want that

The way Sanders phrased it, the votes he got will be on record, no unanimous nomination f/ HRC. (He's just narcissistic enough to want it that way.)

[LongtimeAZDem]

3. "This is our nominee; all in favor?" "AYE!!!!!!"

[marybourg]

7. Except that he didn't quite

do it. He asked for the rules to be suspended. But he didn't ask for nomination by acclamation. The chair had to do it. Maybe he was confused, since he never participated in a convention before (as far as I know). He was pretty much a party of one.

[LongtimeAZDem]

11. Ah well; close enough :) (nt)

[BumRushDaShow]

13. I think what he did was actually part of formal parliamentary procedure

which he should have down pat having been in Congress for 25 years... Where he requested to "move" (motion) to suspend, etc. ---- Afterwhich the chair would ask the body for a 2nd to the motion, and then upon receiving that, would bring it before the body for a vote (the acclamation).

[rurallib]

16. I think he forgot his lines

[DLCWIdem]

18. IMO I would like to give him the benefit of the doubt

While he was sitting there in the Vermont delegation his mouth was moving with obviously no sound, I really think he was practicing his part. I really do think he was nervious.

[marybourg]

20. I think you're right. nt.

[bigdarryl]

4. Thanks guys

[trof]

9. HE. DID. NOT. DO. THAT.

The word 'acclamation' did not leave his mouth.
Watch the video.
The chairwoman made that motion.
He should have, but he didn't.

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. Really does not matter.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. I don't think parliamentary procedure would allow him to do that

the Chair would need to.

[awake]

15. give it a break

what is it you are looking for?

What Bernie did was ask that all of the votes 1st be recored then he asked that Hillary be recognized as our nominee.
So he did not use the words 'acclamation' what difference does it make?

Are you really that interested in fighting over Bernie? Hillary is now our nominee and we must do everything we can to get as many people to vote for her as we can.

[EffieBlack]

17. It's nomination by unanimous consent.