Florida delegates sue DNC over primary votes

[GaryC 7]

Hmmm..... Didn't I say this would end up in the courts? Yeah, I think I did.

Florida delegates sue DNC over primary votes

Reported by: Don Germaise

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL -- Three Florida delegates, including the state's Senate Democratic leader have filed a federal lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee claiming the DNC violated their constitutional rights by barring them from the party's national convention.

"This litigation addresses the view of Howard Dean and the Democratic National Committee that 1.75 million Democrats can be ignored at will,” said Geller. “We believe we’ve found a winning legal strategy that will once and for all force the DNC to not only obey its own rules but to listen to the voices of millions of Democrats in one of the most influential states in the nation.”

The lawsuit claims there are rules which the DNC is obliged to follow but did not, along with certain U.S. Constitutional rights the veteran state lawmaker and party super delegate contends are being violated.

The litigation takes aim at three essential issues:

The DNC broke its own rules by not investigating the events that led to Florida's ealy vote before punishing the state.

Even though Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina also broke the same party rules by moving up their primaries, they were not sanctioned as Florida was, but were instead granted a waiver by the DNC from any such penalties.

As the controversy unfolded, the DNC maintained that Florida should have held a post-primary Caucus. Doing so, Geller argued, likely would have resulted in only about 100,000 votes being counted, a tiny fraction of the 1.75 million voters who turned out in January, while at the same time, completely disenfranchising Florida Democrats in our country’s military serving outside of Florida.

http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/st...0c-92c461e94394

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

sigh. y does it always come back to florida?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Hmmm..... Didn't I say this would end up in the courts? Yeah, I think I did.

I think I remember you said that Clinton will take it to court if she doesn't make the nomination. That's not exactly what's happening here.

[GaryC 7]

Hmmm..... Didn't I say this would end up in the courts? Yeah, I think I did.

I think I remember you said that Clinton will take it to court if she doesn't make the nomination. That's not exactly what's happening here.

If you don't think Clinton is behind this I have a bridge I could sell you.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Hmmm..... Didn't I say this would end up in the courts? Yeah, I think I did.

I think I remember you said that Clinton will take it to court if she doesn't make the nomination. That's not exactly what's happening here.

If you don't think Clinton is behind this I have a bridge I could sell you.

If you can provide any evidence of your claim, I'll take a look.