Breaking: Fla. presidential primary re-do unlikely

[Thepricebreaker]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Democrats on Thursday proposed a vote-by-mail presidential primary to solve the high-stakes delegate dispute while acknowledging the plan's chances are slim.

Democrats in Florida and Michigan have been struggling to come up with an alternative to ensure their delegates are seated at the national convention this summer after the party punished them for holding early primaries. The pressure to resolve the issue has increased amid the protracted fight for every delegate between Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.

Karen Thurman, chairwoman of the Florida Democratic Party, offered a mail-in/in person proposal for voting and urged state leaders, the national party and the presidential candidates to sign on. Under the plan, all of Florida's 4.1 million Democrats would be mailed a ballot. They could send it back, or cast a ballot in one of 50 regional voting centers that would be set up. The election would end June 3, a week before a Democratic National Committee deadline to name delegates.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080313/ap_on_el_pr/primary_scramble

[Scurrilous]

1. Thanks for posting this.

:thumbsup:

[displacedtexan]

2. Wexler is on CNN right now. Doesn't want a mail-in vote.

He says it would be chaotic.

[Bullet1987]

3. If not mail-in then what?

It's nearly impossible that they'll be seated as is...so how will this be resolved?