Our Challenge not scheduled for May 31st

by: William Allen Simpson

Thu May 22, 2008 at 17:47:53 PM EDT

Establish standards and rules of procedure to afford all members of the Democratic Party full, timely and equal opportunities to participate in decisions concerning the selection of candidates, ... and further, to promote fair campaign practices and the fair adjudication of disputes. (Charter, Article I, Section 4)

DNC challenge signing at Conor O'Neill's Wednesday 7-8:30

by: William Allen Simpson

Wed May 07, 2008 at 09:07:18 AM EDT

This is the regular monthly Democracy for America (DFA) Washtenaw meetup.

Wednesday evening, May 7, 7:00 pm Conor O'Neill's, 318 South Main in Ann Arbor. We're usually in the back, on the right-hand side (NW corner).

We'll have a notary to validate signatures on the DNC Challenge, and for folks to run for Precinct Delegate.

If the Clintonites are really going for the "nuclear option", this may be more important than ever....

DNC challenge signing at Arbor Brewing Sunday 3-4:30

by: William Allen Simpson

Sun May 04, 2008 at 12:47:58 PM EDT

The Clintonite co-chair Joel Ferguson has filed something (or at least a press release) with the DNC to have themselves and their superdelegates seated.  This is the counter-petition some folks at Michigan Liberal (and the local Democracy for America) worked on this past week.

When the state has no binding primary, it turns out that there are specific Rules that require the count of actual convention attendees to be used to allocate delegates.  Since there were twice as many Uncommitted in many places across the state, we should have twice the delegates!

Worse, the number of delegates and alternates given Clinton greatly exceeds the 55% on the non-binding primary.

Of course, we've already chosen some delegates, so the resolution is probably a redistribution of at-large and PLEO delegates.

Also, it challenges the superdelegates.  And, asks for sanctions against the Clinton campaign for "participating" on the ballot, and "campaigning" in the state.

Challenging Clinton delegates (draft 1)

by: William Allen Simpson

Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 10:47:31 AM EDT

Challenging Superdelegates (draft 1)

by: William Allen Simpson

Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 10:42:19 AM EDT

Continuing the draft 1 sections. See http://michiganliberal.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=12015

Sadly, Waiting for Godot (Godot doesn't show up).  So, here's my take on the section that I've been awaiting for so long.  I'm sure there might be better language.  This is done in a Complaint style, rather than a Brief style, as a more extensive brief can be filed later.

Challenging Timing of the Delegate Selection Process (draft 1)

by: William Allen Simpson

Sun Apr 27, 2008 at 15:56:54 PM EDT

Challenging Fair Reflection of Presidential Preferences (draft 1)

by: William Allen Simpson

Sun Apr 27, 2008 at 13:11:29 PM EDT

Instead, I've been working for several weeks on an actual Challenge under the rules (with a bit of help from my friends). While Waiting for Godot, I'm posting the challenge sections here for discussion.

The clock for filing started on or about April 19th, so by the end of this week, we need NOTARIZED signatures.

Also, I need a complete list of the number of participants for each district. All I've seen are the estimates here and elsewhere. Where are the official lists?

This is the first of 4 parts. I've given up on figuring out how to get the M$Word HTML to work as a post here, so the formatting isn't as pretty.