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Originally Posted by skylark
Secondly (and more importantly, in my mind) only Hillary Clinton was on the ballot in florida, whereas every other candidate did as the DNC requested and took their name off of the ballot. Additionally, there has been rumors that Clinton DID lightly campaign in that state, and then after she won she was in Florida and declared it her victory.
This isn't a case of disenfranchisement. If either Florida or Michigan wanted their vote to count they should have made sure they followed the rules. Florida democrats, no matter what party their representatives were, should have organized themselves a long time ago if they were so concerned about their delegates counting. It isn't like this predicament was a surprise.
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Obama, Edwards and Kucinich were all on the Florida ballot and received votes as you can see here:
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/pri...ults/state/#FL
And, I do believe it's disenfranchisement if you vote and are told that your votes do not count. I've let the Michigan Democratic Party know how I feel, I'm not one to keep my mouth shut but the reality is, I have very very little control over them. Reality is, none of us have much control over any of it. TPTB have the real control.