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In reply to the discussion: Here is an in-house fight I think most DUers would agree on - get rid of Super Delagates! [View all]MineralMan
(151,370 posts)Every state has its own methods of choosing delegates. Generally, they're elected at the state's convention in the election year, based on primary voting or caucus results. Minnesota has dropped its caucuses.
Super Delegates, however, are selected according to national Democratic Party rules. They are current House and Senate members of the party, a state's members of the DNC, or "distinguished Democrats, like former Presidents. In every case, each Super Delegate is a long-time Democrat who has contributed materially to the party's success and has earned the right to represent a state's Democratic Party in that way.
The rest of the delegates are selected by a state's Democratic Party organization's system, and approved by the DNC.
It's a political party. It makes its own rules. If you're a member, and are active in Party activities, you get to vote on all those rules. If you're not, well, you don't. That's how it works.