illusionofjoy | Update: important issues regarding voter rights are not part of the platform

There were two proposed ammendements to the Democratic Platform, numbered 93 and 102 which directly addressed voting issues in regards to the Democratic Primary. Ammendment 93 would have made it so that caucuses were scrapped in favour of primaries while ammendment 102 stated that there would be no geographical preferences giving one state a disproportionate delegate advantage over another. Both of these ammendments were struck down on a technicality (ruled out of order) - the only ammendments to suffer this fate - as not being under the juristiction of the Platform Committee. The Chair claimed that such matters were the domain of the Rules Committee.

This is neither a good day for the Democratic Party or Democracy. If the voice of the people is not to be heard, what matters the rest of the platform?