Where do things stand right now for Michigan's Democrats?
The voter's guide from the Democratic Party of Michigan website states in part,
“7. The Democratic ballot will have 6 choices:
Hillary Clinton
Christopher Dodd
Mike Gravel
Dennis Kucinich
Uncommitted
Write-in
8. A vote for “uncommitted” is a vote to send delegates to the Democratic National Convention who are not committed or pledged to any candidate. Those delegates can vote for any candidate they choose at the Convention.
9. Supporters of Joe Biden, John Edwards, Barack Obama and Bill Richardson are urged to vote “uncommitted” instead of writing in their candidates’ names because write-in votes for those candidates will not be counted under state law. “
So, we have three possible outcomes from this mess:
The court could disallow the Democratic election altogether.
The election might go forward, but no votes will count in the national convention.
Or, the election could go forward, and some or all of the delegates will be restored to the national convention. But then, the ballot is stacked to assure a win for Hillary Clinton. So it won't matter who you vote for, the result has been fixed.
The local press has been eerily quiet about this issue. It could be that they don't want too many Democrats choosing a Republican ballot in order to make their vote on ending NAFTA, secure borders, and ending the war actually count for something. Perhaps this election, the state of the economy has convinced them that more of the same policies might lead to a financial disaster for the state. They could end up helping to give the state a huge Ron Paul Surprise on January 15, 2008.
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