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Thanks David.
Again, the proposal is: seat only the MI and FL superdelegates, and give them all the votes that would have been controlled by primary delegates. Let the supers have all the say for those states, and all the accountability for their choice. Do not count them *additionally* as superdelegates.
Supers are elected officials representing the states. In supporting unrecognized primaries, they simply grabbed the decision-making power for themselves. Future line-jumping states may choose to do the same and will be understood as doing so by their voters. States do have the right to set their own primary dates, and parties do have the right to delegitimize primaries. But national parties must recognize state delegations in some form. It is not for the DNC to apportion FL and MI delegates between Obama and Clinton. It has to be a decision that comes from those states.
This plan enables those states to have their votes tallied at the convention, as cast by legitimate, accountable representatives.
