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Florida delegate cuts anger some Clinton, Sanders supporters
By MATT DIXON 7:43 p.m. | May. 21, 2016
ORLANDO Potential Democratic delegates for both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders were vocally upset on Saturday after they arrived at a party meeting here to discover they were not included on the final ballot.
Rules agreed to by the Clinton and Sanders campaigns, and approved by Florida Democratic Party leaders, allowed each campaign to take the original list of hundreds of potential at-large delegates and cut them down to roughly 90.
Many of those who were cut had not been informed, and several complained about the process and the expenses they had incurred to travel to Orlando for the meeting.
There is something wrong with this party if they knock me off, shouted Paullette Sims Wimberly, a Clinton delegate candidate from Hillsborough County, just outside the ballroom where the meeting was held.
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(5,811 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Read the rules, folks. Read the information provided by the party you belong to. In Nevada, apparently nobody read the section on decorum in the convention rules there, either:
a. All delegates, alternates, and guests are entitled to attend and participate in the
convention free of harassment or intimidation. Anyone harassing or attempting to
intimidate any delegate, alternate, or guest to the convention shall be ejected from the
convention immediately and shall forfeit any fees paid for the convention or other
convention activities.
b. Any intentional disruption of any convention activities may result in immediate ejection
from the convention, including the forfeiture of any fees paid for the convention or
other convention activities.
c. Guests invited to speak to the convention shall not have their remarks or presentations
interrupted or interfered with in any manner, including auditory or visual distractions
from the floor. Violation of this rule may result in immediate ejection from the
convention, including the forfeiture of any fees paid for the convention or other
convention activities.
d. Noisemakers of any kind are prohibited at the convention.
e. Conversation on the floor should be kept to a minimum out of respect for guests,
delegates and speakers. Those delegates, alternates, and guests wishing to converse
should exit the floor.
f. The Sergeant(s) at Arms shall have the authority to enforce these rules with the
approval of the Convention Chair.
Source: http://nvdems.3cdn.net/ea5a7f0df495b0cf4c_z2m6bnqh5.pdf