Florida Michigan Delegates Controversy

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  • Controversy has surrounded the decision of the Democratic National Committee to strip Florida and Michigan of their delegates to the Democratic national convention as punishment for the states moving up their presidential primaries in order to gain influence in the nomination process.

    Florida and Michigan were originally scheduled to hold their primaries on Super Tuesday.

    The major democratic candidates did not campaign in the states, and Hillary Clinton won both contests.

    In Michigan, Barack Obama and John Edwards removed their names from the ballots completely, leaving Clinton as the only first-tier candidate.

    On Saturday May 31, 2008 the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee will meet in Washington DC and try to resolve the issue. Clinton is seeking a full seating of the delegations, and Obama is willing to "go more than half way" in coming to a resolution.

  • Fast Facts:

    1. Clinton and several of her supporters have called on the DNC to seat the delegates from Flordia and Michigan, despite the committee's ruling on the matter in 2007
    2. Obama and his supporters claim that it would be unfair to seat the delegates because it would be changing the rules of the nomination process
    3. As a compromise, some senior Democrats have suggested that the states hold new caucuses and allow fresh campaigns

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