Obama: Give Fla., Mich. Delegates Full Vote

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/17080280/detail.html

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WASHINGTON -- Now that Barack Obama has clinched the Democratic nomination for president, he wants convention delegates from Florida and Michigan to have full voting rights at the party's national convention.

Obama sent a letter Sunday to the party's credentials committee, asking members to reinstate the delegates' voting rights when the committee meets at the start of the convention in Denver.

The delegates were originally stripped because the two states violated party rules by holding primaries before Feb. 5. The delegates from each state were given half-votes at a contentious party meeting in May, as part of a compromise designed to give two important states some role at the convention.

It was the right thing to do and his opponents would have done exactly the same thing.

:hi:

But it won't be the end of it for some angry voters, unfortunately.

If it was just 30 minutes ago you could just edit it to say "dupe" or self-alert for deletion, but I think the other one is far enough down the list that you might as well keep it up.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6580779

and welcome to DU! :hi: