Will party insiders overturn your vote?

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From: "Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America" <[e-mail]> Add Mobile Alert

Subject: Will party insiders overturn your vote?



Dear
Sign the petition to make sure Democratic voters decide our nominee, not the party elite

This is an unprecedented year. Thirty-seven states and U.S. territories have already voted and we don't have a clear nominee. Senators Clinton and Obama are in a delegate race to the nomination.

There are a lot of ways that delegates get assigned to a specific candidate, but almost all of the allocated delegates are directly tied and bound by the actual votes in each primary or caucus -- all of them that is, except super-delegates.

Super-delegates are a contingent of almost 900 elected officials, party insiders, and current DNC members and they aren't required to follow the voters. In fact, after every Democrat has voted and the last allocated delegates are assigned, super-delegates have the power to overturn the popular vote and crown a different winner.

That's right, if super-delegates don't like who you choose to be our nominee, they can overturn your vote. We can't let that happen. Our nominee must be chosen by Democratic voters, not by back room deals of the party elite. Sign our petition now to let the voters decide:

www.DemocracyforAmerica.com/VotersDecide

We must respect the 20 million Democrats who have already voted and the millions more who will vote before the convention. It's up to us to make sure the almost 900 super-delegates do the right thing.

Sign the petition today and we'll deliver all of the signatures directly to super-delegates.

And this is just the beginning of our campaign to let the voters decide. The longer it takes to win, the more we'll escalate the campaign. We'll write letters, make calls, and hold media events. Because when it comes to protecting the will of Democratic primary voters, DFA members know exactly where we stand.

www.DemocracyforAmerica.com/VotersDecide

Thank you for taking action today.

-Charles

Charles Chamberlain
Political Director

[Iktomiwicasa]

1. K&R

:kick:

[DURHAM D]

2. No - they won't overturn my vote.

But I do hope they overturn the votes of Republicans and Independents that voted in my primary.

Fuck them.

[ronnykmarshall]

3. Whitney agrees!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g89hNVQ96YE

[DURHAM D]

4. I could not get it to load. Whitney who? eom

[ronnykmarshall]

9. It's La Houston

Damn You Tube!! Ain't working!

[UALRBSofL]

6. It seems the Obama supporters

All of the sudden want to change the rules of the superdelegates that has been in place for years.

[ClassWarrior]

5. Please, join your county Dem Party and help overturn this ludicrous rule.

NGU.

[rodeodance]

7. I love the reaction of Obama when told Kennedy would have to vote for Clinton

Forum Name General Discussion: Primaries
Topic subject I love the reaction of Obama when told Kennedy would have to vote for Clinton
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4526958#4526958
4526958, I love the reaction of Obama when told Kennedy would have to vote for Clinton
Posted by bigtree on Sun Feb-10-08 05:39 PM

if the SuperDelegates were apportioned as he said he wants them . . .


Obama said superdelegates should follow the wishes of the voters.

"My strong belief is that if we end up with the most states and the most pledged delegates from the most voters in the country, that it would be problematic for the political insiders to overturn the judgment of the voter," he said.

When it was noted that Sen. Ted Kennedy is one of his superdelegate supporters, even though voters handed Massachusetts to Clinton on Super Tuesday, Obama said, "Well, I mean, we can make arguments back and forth on this."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/02/09/2008-02-09_hillary_clinton_and_barack_obama_battle_.html

[LWolf]

8. No. Democratic voters have already rendered my vote irrelevant.

How much does my May 20th vote for Dennis Kucinich matter?