Congressional Black Caucus chair blasts proposed superdelegate changes

[Gothmog]

289. Again, you do not understand the process

Read your party rules. https://www.cadem.org/our-party/national-convention/2016-CA-Delegate-Selection-Plan.pdf 317 delegates out of 546 pledged delegates are voted on but only after going through a caucus process. The 317 are selected by caucuses that occur prior to primary and are approved by the candidates and then voted on. Unpledged or superdelegates are in addition to the the 546 pledged delegates. The 229 at large pledged delegates are selected from elected officials by a committee of party leaders. Texas picks a similar number of delegates at senate district caucuses held on the first night of the convention and the at large delegates are selected at the nominations committee. I was elected as a delegate at the senate district caucus level and a number of my friends were selected as at large delegates. One of the most sought positions at the caucus meetings is to be on the nomination committee. Gary Mauro was the head of the Clinton campaign in Texas and he had a list of heavy donors and election officials who were rubber stamped by the nominations committee for Clinton delegates. I am no sure what was done with sanders delegates other than quizzing these delegates to see if they all hated Clinton. At the end of the convention all delegates are voted on by the entire Texas convention.

California has the same rule on candidates vetting their delegates at each level. You do this at the caucuses that occur prior to the primary vote for the 317 and the rest are vetted at the convention. In Texas, the campaigns vet prior to the convention. In Texas, you file an application prior to the national convention and the campaigns have a long time to vet potential delegates (that application has each delegate swear before a notary to support the nominee of the party). I was on one of the vetting committee and I knew who vetted me.

One man one vote really does not apply even in California. California benefited from having a number of super delegates.

As for the electoral college, I like the National Popular Vote plan. https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/ This is an interstate compact or contract that will take effect when states with 270 electoral votes join. Currently sates with 172 votes in and need another 98 votes. IN Texas we have Rep. Israel out of Austin introduce this bill each session but it never gets out of committee. Rep. Israel will continue to introduce this bill each session and some day it will pass after Texas turns blue. The GOP knows that Texas will turn blue at some point and they are fighting it.

Election law is my hobby. As noted, Texas GOP tries to suppress the vote of non-white voters. We are fighting these efforts and have made progress. Chad Dunn is the outside counsel for the State Party and he was the lead counsel in the litigation that gutted the Texas Voter Id law.

Real democrats still vote for the nominee of the party. I have always voted for the nominee of the party.