Salon -More than a dozen progressive groups are urging the
Democratic National Committee’s post-2016 Unity Reform Commission to
recommend the party end its superdelegate system, where one-sixth of
those nominating the presidential candidate are chosen before primaries
and caucuses.
“On behalf of our more than 12 million
members, we urge the Commission to recommend the full elimination of
superdelegates’ power to overrule the will of Democratic primary voters
in selecting the party’s presidential nominee,” the groups wrote in a
letter in anticipation of the Unity Commission’s
final meeting this weekend.
“If this is not the
Commission’s final recommendation, the Commission should at the very
least follow the mandate from the Democratic National Convention’s Rules
Committee to reduce the voting power of superdelegates by approximately
two-thirds,” said the letter, which was co-signed by the Center for
Popular Democracy, Courage Campaign, CREDO Action, Demand Progress
Action, MoveOn.org, National Nurses United, NDN, Other98, Our
Revolution, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Progressive Democrats
of America, RootsAction.org and Social Security Works.
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