Democrats in 2008: Re: [Dems2008] Re: The Florida Myth is perpetuated right here by pseudo-Democrats, soon to be R

Here is a good post I thought Ed and others might enjoy. It really made the Florida rules thing more clear to me anyway.

http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/2/15/17261/4418

raschueller <raschueller@yahoo.com> wrote:

Rule 20c1a
Democratic Selection Process

Violation of timing: In the event the Delegate Selection Plan of a
state party provides or permits meeting, caucus, convention or primary
which constitutes the first determining stage in the presidential
nominating process to be held prior to or after the dates for the
state as provided in Rule 11 of these rules, or in the event a state
holds such a meeting, caucus, convention or primary prior to or after
such dates, the number of pledged delegates elected in each category
allocated to the state pursuant to the Call for the National
Convention shall be reduced by fifty (50%) percent, and the number of
alternates shall also be reduced by fifty (50%) percent. In addition,
none of the members of the Democratic National Committee and no other
unpledged delegate allocated pursuant to Rule 8.A. from that state
shall be permitted to vote as members of the state's delegation. In
determining the actual number of delegates or alternates by which the
state's delegation is to be reduced, any fraction below .5 shall be
rounded down to the nearest whole number, and any fraction of .5 or
greater shall be rounded up to the next nearest whole number.