Florida election stupidity makes national headlines, again
March 13th, 2008 by Sonny
Florida’s Mail-In Primary Plan Opens Rifts in Washington and Tallahassee - washingtonpost.com
Florida officials have struggled to come up with a way to redo a January primary that was invalidated by the Democratic National Committee because it was held too early in the process. Opponents of the plan, which could be unveiled as early as today, fear that it would disenfranchise voters and cause another fiasco in a state still haunted by the debacle of the 2000 presidential election.How Florida and Michigan, which is also considering how to redo its primary, resolve their situations has become a critical issue in the nomination battle between Obama and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) because the states carry enough delegates and stature to potentially sway the deadlocked race.
Clinton took a hard line on the controversy yesterday, saying she would absolutely not accept a negotiated apportionment of Florida’s delegates, as the state’s House delegation has suggested. Her win Jan. 29 would give her a net gain of 38 delegates, cutting Obama’s 106-delegate lead by more than a third.
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