Corrente Boldly shrill ... http://www.correntewire.com/node/11517/atom/feed 2008-05-22T11:31:45-04:00 "The Rules" Are What You Want Them to Be: MI Primary Meltdown http://www.correntewire.com/the_rules_are_what_you_want_them_to_be_mi_primary_meltdown 2008-05-22T11:31:45-04:00 2008-05-22T11:31:45-04:00 chicago dyke Marcy splains.

The Democratic Party's charter requires that the Party:
Establish standards and rules of procedure to afford all members of the Democratic Party full, timely and equal opportunities to participate in decisions concerning the selection of candidates, ... and further, to promote fair campaign practices and the fair adjudication of disputes. (Charter, Article I, Section 4)

Yet both the Democratic National Committee and the Michigan Democratic Party appear to be violating that requirement in their selection of which challenges to the MI Clusterfuck to hear at the May 31 Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting.

At least one group of ordinary Michigan citizens submitted a complaint that appears to fulfill all requirements. Yet the MDP has failed to follow its own rules on how to assist with and respond to that complaint--and it also did not comply with the requirement that it publish the names of those selected in the April 19 district conventions (which triggers a deadline for the submission of complaints). And the DNC will only hear the two state party-led complaints at the May 31 Rules and Bylaw Committee, thereby violating the requirement that "all members" of the party be able "to participate in decisions concerning the selection of candidates."

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