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This election season we Democrats have an opportunity
to make history...to nominate either the first woman or the first African American in our nation's history to face
Senator John McCain for the office of President of the United States.
The primary season so far has drawn new voters to the polls and energized the party.
That's the good news. Millions of people have lined up at polling places and waited hours, in some cases, to cast
their votes. And ours is a democracy built on the principal of "one man, one vote."
How then can the Democratic National Committee, in its
infinite wisdom, deny the voters of Florida and Michigan their right to have their votes counted? The simple answer
is that they do so at their peril. The Democratic party will find the going alot tougher in November without the critical
votes of Florida and Michigan.
Countthevotes.net is a group of determined Democrats dedicated to getting
the super delegates to pledge to count the votes of Florida and Michigan and to do it before the convention in Denver in August.
We started our efforts in Massachusetts, but we're eager to have others join us from around the country.
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Sunday, June 1, 2008
Hillary Clinton Campaign Statement
Hillary has consistently stood up for the voters of Michigan and Florida. She, like you,
has insisted that the voice of all Americans be heard. Today, the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee announced their
decision on seating Florida and Michigan's delegations. In recent days, almost 350,000 of Hillary's supporters wrote
in to the committee to make clear what an important principle it is for our party to count every vote.
Our campaign has
released an official statement about the results of the Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting and I'd like to share it with
blogHillary readers. I know how passionate Hillary's supporters are about the importance of counting every vote cast in
Florida and Michigan and I hope that they continue to express their feelings with the respect and thoughtfulness they've
shown during the course of this campaign.
Harold Ickes and Tina Flournoy made the following statement:
Today’s results are a victory for the people of Florida who will have a voice in selecting
our Party’s nominee and will see its delegates seated at our party’s convention. The decision by the Rules
and Bylaws Committee honors the votes that were cast by the people of Florida and allocates the delegates accordingly. __We
strongly object to the Committee’s decision to undercut its own rules in seating Michigan’s delegates without
reflecting the votes of the people of Michigan. __The Committee awarded to Senator Obama not only the delegates won by Uncommitted,
but four of the delegates won by Senator Clinton. This decision violates the bedrock principles of our democracy and our Party.
_We reserve the right to challenge this decision before the Credentials Committee and appeal for a fair allocation of Michigan’s
delegates that actually reflect the votes as they were cast.
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