Letters to the Editor
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@ evans evans
"particularly in states like Florida, which many Obama supporters seem very eager to disenfranchise. Are our memories really so short?"
I've seen this idea floating around a lot but I'm not sure where it came from. Is It just seems baseless nad conspiratorial since people just say it without backing it up. As far as I can tell, everybody wants a resoultion of the mess in MI and FL- but neither Obama nor his supporters (I am one) have or tried to disenfranchise voters there.
Many have pointed out, on the other hand, that you can't seat the delagates based on the elections they held because both candidates agreed not to campaign in those states and in Michigan Obama was not even on the ballot.
Yes, there needs to be a resolution to this mess. But pointing out the fact that the elections in these states were compromised is not the same as trying to disenfranchise people. I'm kind of suprpised that people are pushing the MI results especially since 45% of people turned out to vote against Hillary with no one else on the ballot!
An aside- has anyone seen a breakdwon of what the numbers would mean in terms of pledged delegates in FL and MI?