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: TalkLeftHillary's Excellent Arguments for Fighting for Florida and Michigan
By Jeralyn
- The Rules and Bylaws Committee has the authority to seat all of the delegates from Florida and Michigan with full votes.
- Actual election results must control the allocation of Michigan's delegates.
- Although they oppose any 50% solution, seating all the delegates with 1/2 vote is less harmful than seating 50% of the delegates and giving those 50% a full vote.
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Full post as published by TalkLeft on May 30, 2008 (boomark / email).
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