Kozikowski is not on the Unity Commission, but said she expects it to take steps to curtail superdelegates from prematurely endorsing candidates and would tell state parties to hold more open primary elections.
"I hope these things will be brought up and I hope they will get enacted," she said, speaking personally. "My stand is superdelegates should keep their super mouths shut, not endorse until the last state votes. Technically, we are at-large delegates."
Kozikowski also hoped the commission would push state parties to move away from caucuses and embrace more open primaries, such as what Massachusetts does and New York does not. In Massachusetts, anyone who hasn't registered with a party can vote in its primaries. In contrast, New York only allows its participants to be voters who registered with the party at least six months earlier. That deadline, the nation's longest, blocked last-minute enthusiasts in 2016 from participating.
Kozikowski said fellow DNC members have told her these proposals will be brought to the Unity Commission's final meeting. Whether they will be adopted, and whether they will satisfy the party's Berniecrat wing is a different question. With 2018's elections looming, it remains to be seen if the Unity Reform Commission will live up to its name.
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