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Election Reform Advocates Decry Democratic Party Debacle
Written by Leigh Ann Caldwell   
Friday, 07 March 2008 08:30

Mar. 7, Interview - To stay on the topic of Florida and Michigan and their displaced delegates, we speak with election reform proponent, Steven Hill. He's Director of the Political Reform Program at the New American Foundation about the Democratic Parties debacle in Florida and Michigan.

March 7 - Interview
produced by Leigh Ann Caldwell
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"It's going to be pretty difficult for Barack Obama to say that we don't want to count the votes in Florida and Michigan in the nomination process then if he wins the nomination process come back to voters and ask for their vote a month later."

Voter Bill of RightsHill also blames Democratic Party Chair Howard Dean for using a complicated process.

"He has an extremely important role to play here. If he doesn't get more engaged to come up with a solution before the convention, he's abrogating his responsibilities as chair of the Democratic party. Remember this whole mess was created by Howard Dean and the Democratic National Committee because its their rules that all the different states are playing be and its their rules that are broken…. A decentralized hodgepodge of states, all of which want to be relevant in the nominating process.

Hill's main point is to "re-enfranchise the voters of Florida and Michigan."

 

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