No Voting Redo

At the regular monthly meeting of our Club Board of Directors on Friday, March 7, a spirited discussion was introduced by our President, Joan Walton, regarding our position on the primary voting which took place on January 29 in violation of the Democratic National Committee order that we not move our voting date forward and if we did commit this violation our Florida delegates would not be seated at the national convention in August. None of the Democratic candidates appeared in the state to campaign and the winner was Clinton.

The Democratic National Committee has now proposed that we redo the primary election process, but it will not fund the expense involved. The Democratic State Committee also will not provide funds for a new election saying that it still believes the DNC will eventually seat our delegates as well as those of Michigan, our violation partner. So we are at an impasse on this issue. The Board, after several motions and withdrawals and amendments, voted to NOT redo the election and to accept the rulings of the Democratic National Committee. Presumably our Club opinion will be announced at the monthly meeting of the county Democratic leaders (DEC) where another round of motions will occur and be voted upon. If this does occur, the decision will appear in this Club blog.