Reply #24: The only fair thing to do is seat the delegates in a way that doesn't favor EITHER candidate [View All]

because they were as victimized as the voters were.

The DNC shouldn't completely disenfranchise the MI/FL voters (though they were warned that the votes would not count). But seating the delegates as is would reward the MI/FL Dems who deliberately violated the rules by moving the primary dates (though THEY were warned that the votes would not count).

The DNC also has to consider the message their solution will send to:
- the states that DID obey their rules
- those in MI/FL who didn't vote because they believed the DNC when they were warned that the votes would not count.

So the DNC needs a solution which:
- preserves their authority
- punishes the people responsible for moving the primary dates
- discourages other states from breaking the rules
- seats the delegates in way which acknowledges that people voted (though they were warned their votes wouldn't count)
- doesn't give either candidate an advantage (since the DNC warned everyone involved that the votes would not count)

I myself think that seating the delegates 50/50 and not seating the superdelegates is the best way to do that.

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rocknation