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Response to Gothmog (Reply #106)
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 03:07 PM
karynnj (58,297 posts)
108. I know how the Vermont delegates were chosen
Anyone who voted in the primary could go to a local caucus and stand to be a delegate to the state convention. In Burlington, there were enough slots for all of us to go to Montpelier.
Then anyone who wanted to be a delgate, ran to be a delegate. In Montpilier, each person running had a few minutes to speak, then everyone voted. That is how the majority of pledged delegates were chosen. The rest were local officeholders who ran their own contest. Added to that were the superdelgates. All the pledged delgate votes were for Bernie. Bernie himself had no input in picking the pledged delegates. The people running Sent all of us who went emails explaining who they were and why they wanted to go. Neither Bernie or his VT staff recommended a slate or commented in any way. |
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