Subj : Democrats get screwed by
To : KnightMare
From : DaiTengu
Date : Wed Aug 28 2024 12:22 pm
Re: Democrats get screwed by
By: KnightMare to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Aug 27 2024 09:07 am
>>> Breaking news: nothing in the US Constitution dictates how candidates for
>>> president and vice president are chosen.
Kn> Unless I'm mistaken... (Article 12)
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That dictates how the President and Vice President are chosen. not how CANDIDATES are chosen.
"Primaries" weren't the primary thing until about 1960. JFK had such overwhelming support with primary elections that he was able to get first ballot nomination at the convention. However in 1968, even though Eugene McCarthy won the most primary votes, Hubert Humphrey won the delegate count. Humphrey wasn't even on 17 of the primary ballots.
after the clusterfuck that was the 1968 primary, the modern primary era of "binding primaries" began. However, this is not "law" but rather rules adhered to by each party on the state and national level.
The DNC and the RNC are not government agencies. They can select whoever they want in any way they want as their candidate.
"The Robot Rule" is what binds delegates to vote for the candidate they were elected to support via the primary. (at least for the Democrats)
Rule 11(H): all delegates to the convention are "to vote for the
presidential candidate whom they were elected to support for at least the
first convention ballot, unless released in writing by the presidential
candidate."
I'm pretty sure that's why Biden posted a letter of withdrawl rather than just making a speech about it. (insert joke about Biden's inability to speak here)
No laws are stopping a political party from organizing a Caber toss to pick their candidate.
If members of the Democratic Party are upset with how Kamala Harris was chosen, they can express that displeasure in multiple ways, including voting for another candidate in the general election, by witholding donations (if they were planning on donating), letters, protests, etc.
...Beat inflation - steal!
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