Florida Will Not Redo Its Primary
Here is a guest post by Pam at Pam’s Coffee Conversation.
It’s looks like the Democratic Party has simply given up on Floridians. Maybe I’m thinking like a pessimist but it looks like Florida will remain “red” in November.
Florida Will Not Redo Its Primary
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Facing strong opposition, Florida Democrats on Monday abandoned plans to hold a do-over presidential primary with a mail-in vote and threw the delegate dispute into the lap of the national party.
While the decision by Florida Democrats left the state’s 210 delegates in limbo, Democrats in Michigan moved closer to holding another contest on June 3. Legislative leaders reviewed a measure Monday that would set up a privately funded, state administered do-over primary, The Associated Press learned.Florida Democratic Party chairwoman Karen L. Thurman sent a letter announcing the decision.
“A party-run primary or caucus has been ruled out, and it’s simply not possible for the state to hold another election, even if the party were to pay for it,” Ms. Thurman said. “.. This doesn’t mean that Democrats are giving up on Florida voters. It means that a solution will have to come from the DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee, which is scheduled to meet again in April.”
Members of Florida’s congressional delegation unanimously opposed the plan, and Barack Obama expressed concern about the security of a mail-in vote organized so quickly.
Just a reminder:
Florida is the 8th largest state in the United States.
For those of you who were worried about rigged voting machines, caging and other forms of election fraud I would suggest you also focus your attention on the Florida Democratic Party.
As for me, I’m changing my party registration to Independent.
Comments
Comment from Larry
Time: March 18, 2008, 12:11 am
The Democratic Party should have never took away their votes in the first place, and nowif they don’t split the delegates and votes it will bring chaos and another Reublican rule.
Comment from Gord H
Time: March 17, 2008, 9:10 pm
The primary vote will be invalidated if Florida and Michigan primary results are not included. As far as I know, the United States has 50 states, not 48. If they can’t find a way to count Florida and Michigan primary votes then maybe the only remaining “fair choice” would be to leve it up to the super-delegates to decide. After all, it was the Democratic Party elite that created this mess – or at least failed to fix it.