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Michigan delegate selection changed to April 19th
According to breaking news reports, the Michigan Congressional District
conventions (previously scheduled for March 29th) have been changed to
April 19th.
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080322/POLITICS01/803220419
Most
of the national convention delegates are actually
selected at County/Congressional District conventions. In
communications to congressional district chairs, the state party chair
(Mark Brewer) has awarded Clinton 58% of the voting delegates and
100% of the alternates.
Michigan party rules drop all
candidates that didn't achieve 15%, leaving Clinton as the only
remaining candidate (other than uncommitted). Clinton barely won 55% of
the actual statewide
vote.
http://www.michigandems.com/2008DSP.pdf
See pages 6-9, sections III.A.6.a, 6.c(2), and 7.d(5)(b)(1).
Notes:
Section III.A.7 "District Conventions" comes after subsection 6, but is
mistakenly numbered 4, although there is already a subsection 4 earlier.
The rules conflict on the date that the delegates were to be awarded,
saying March 3 in section III.A.6.c(1), and March 22 in section
III.A.7.d(5)(b) and IX.D "Timetable".
Comments (3)
Goodness gracious, the software really mangled the formatting! It didn't in my previous posts. It inserted line breaks in the oddest places.... All was written in the usual way, with continuous lines.
March 22, 2008 10:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
So, Hillary would get about 90 delegates total out of the 156, what happens to the other 66? And why would she get 58% instead of the 55% she earned? Just out of curiosity, could any one of those delegates from that group decide they want to switch?
March 22, 2008 11:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
1. Michigan likely changed the delegate selection date to give them more time to come up with a possible revote proposal. Once the delegate slate deadline passes, no revote can be planned without considerable legislative headaches, far beyond the ones already faced.
2. The way the delegates get slated is irrelevant anyway, since the election selecting them didn't count. It's like saying what's 15% of 0.. it's always 0.
March 23, 2008 12:09 AM | Reply | Permalink
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