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For Democrats, Florida Primary May Not Count
be951 writes "Democratic party leaders are seriously considering making the Florida primary 'nonbinding', meaning they could ignore the actual vote by Florida democrats and allow party leaders to decide how Florida's more than 200 delegates are divided up among the candidates. 'I think it's much higher than 50-50 that we will make Jan. 29 a nonbinding' election, said Jon Ausman, a veteran Democratic organizer in Tallahassee and member of the Democratic National Committee. This is in response to Florida's move to an earlier presidential preference primary, which scrambled the primary calendar carefully worked out by the two national parties."
his is, of course, part of the Democracy Reform Movement, popular in both major parties, which will culminate in all elections being 'nonbinding.' It's much tidier that way.
Don't drag Republicans into this. This is purely a Democratic party thing. The Republicans are counting their votes.
I only mention this because when Republicans do something bad, it's because they are evil. But when Democrats do something bad, both parties are evil. A single standard would be nice.
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In case you didn't notice, the 2000 election was indeed declared non-binding, particularly in Florida. The moment the Supreme Court stepped in and declared that counting votes wasn't important, the election itself became meaningless.
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"nope, it doesnt count"