The DNC and/or state orgs should change their rules

[Gothmog]

31. Actually the actual delegates are chosen at the state conventions

Delegates are not elected during the primary process in most states. The primary merely determines the allocations of delegates and the actual delegates are selected at the state's convention. I understand that there are a few states that have slates on the ballot but under party rules these slates can be changed by the campaign under the vetting rules. I was a delegate for Hillary Clinton to the national convention. Texas was required to drop the Texas two step and so all delegates were allocated at the state convention based on primary results. Each state senate district got an allocation of delegates divided by Clinton and Sanders to elect. My Senate District was entitled to three Clinton delegates and Sanders was entitled to one delegate.

To be a delegate, you had to file with the state party back in March and basically sign an agreement to support the nominee of the party. Each person running to be a delegate then campaigned to be elected by their senate district caucus. At the same time each candidate/campaign had the right to vet and approve their delegates. I was on the committee that vetted the Clinton delegates in my senate district. Each candidate has absolute approval rights over their delegates. We had one Sanders delegate removed and replaced because he would not state that he hated Hillary Clinton. It was really ugly

There were a group of delegates selected by the convention as a whole who were nominated by each candidate. Most of these delegates came from a pool of elected officials who were also vetted by each campaign.

Each delegate technically has the right to vote for the nominee of their choice. Each candidate can remove and replace a delegate subject to certain rules. Again, the Clinton campaign vetted their delegates carefully. In the case of the Clinton delegates, the people selected were all loyal members of the Democratic Party who were not going to vote for anyone other than Hillary Clinton.

Again, these rules all require that each candidate be on the ballot for the primary and the party or the state could add requirements for candidate to get onto the ballot.

I can not imagine the party letting a candidate on the ballot if they refuse to provide tax returns given the fact that this will be a major issue if Trump survives until 2020,