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WHEREAS the Indiana State Democratic Primary is a democratic undertaking to determine the will of state party members when choosing the Indiana Democratic Party’s candidate for President of the United States; and
WHEREAS Indiana's super delegates represent 9% of our delegation that can vote their personal preference, rather than the will of the 637,521 Democratic primary participants; and
WHEREAS by committing prematurely before the National Convention, super delegates carry disproportionate weight; and
WHEREAS on May 7th, the Maine Democratic Party’s statewide convention passed a resolution to strongly urge that the votes of Maine’s super delegates reflect the state’s popular vote in 2016, and to require them to vote in 2020 as their state did; and
WHEREAS on May 14th, the Alaska Democratic Party's statewide convention passed a resolution to strongly urge that the votes of Alaska’s super delegates reflect the state’s popular vote in 2016, and to require them to vote in 2020 as their state did;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that We the Undersigned, urge our State Convention to request that our super delegates reflect the state’s popular vote in 2016 or issue statements of neutrality to the media until they vote at Convention; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that We the Undersigned, urge our State Convention to ask the DNC that, if there are to be super delegates in 2020, to revise the super delegate rules for 2020 to apply to super delegates the proportional voting that is the rule for the rest of the nominating process.
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Reaching this point has been draining but your response shows that people still care about fair representation. The weight of this fight feels heavy right now yet I am staying the course because our primary outcome must belong to the voters.
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Super delegates, if used, should be distributed among the candidates proportionally based on popular vote.
I think the line should read ..... reflect the state’s popular vote in 2016 AND IMMEDIATELY issue statements of neutrality to the media until they vote at Convention ...... I agree they should be abolished but the issue with that this year has already been stated.
I believe Super-Delegates, if utilized, should stay neutral until the convention.
Thank you for your thoughts Laura. I agree that super delegates do seem archaic, but we cannot remove super delegates at the state level, as their creation was done at the DNC level so their removal must occur there.
I prefer no super delegates. But, if we have them, their votes should reflect The People's votes.
Totally agree
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
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WHEREAS the Indiana State Democratic Primary is a democratic undertaking to determine the will of state party members when choosing the Indiana Democratic Party’s candidate for President of the United States; and
WHEREAS Indiana's super delegates represent 9% of our delegation that can vote their personal preference, rather than the will of the 637,521 Democratic primary participants; and
WHEREAS by committing prematurely before the National Convention, super delegates carry disproportionate weight; and
WHEREAS on May 7th, the Maine Democratic Party’s statewide convention passed a resolution to strongly urge that the votes of Maine’s super delegates reflect the state’s popular vote in 2016, and to require them to vote in 2020 as their state did; and
WHEREAS on May 14th, the Alaska Democratic Party's statewide convention passed a resolution to strongly urge that the votes of Alaska’s super delegates reflect the state’s popular vote in 2016, and to require them to vote in 2020 as their state did;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that We the Undersigned, urge our State Convention to request that our super delegates reflect the state’s popular vote in 2016 or issue statements of neutrality to the media until they vote at Convention; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that We the Undersigned, urge our State Convention to ask the DNC that, if there are to be super delegates in 2020, to revise the super delegate rules for 2020 to apply to super delegates the proportional voting that is the rule for the rest of the nominating process.
Updates
June 2, 2016
Reaching this point has been draining but your response shows that people still care about fair representation. The weight of this fight feels heavy right now yet I am staying the course because our primary outcome must belong to the voters.
13 Comments
The issue of super delegates not having to vote proportionately to how the people vote is unjust and undemocratic.
Super delegates, if used, should be distributed among the candidates proportionally based on popular vote.
I think the line should read ..... reflect the state’s popular vote in 2016 AND IMMEDIATELY issue statements of neutrality to the media until they vote at Convention ...... I agree they should be abolished but the issue with that this year has already been stated.
I believe Super-Delegates, if utilized, should stay neutral until the convention.
Thank you for your thoughts Laura. I agree that super delegates do seem archaic, but we cannot remove super delegates at the state level, as their creation was done at the DNC level so their removal must occur there.
I prefer no super delegates. But, if we have them, their votes should reflect The People's votes.
Totally agree
I concur
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The issue of super delegates not having to vote proportionately to how the people vote is unjust and undemocratic.