Posted by Jed Lewison on Wed Mar 19, 2008 at 12:56 PM Pacific

Time to play taps for new MI primary

Via Ben Smith:

The headline from MIRS, Michigan's Hotline:
Ding-Dong, Do-Over Primary Is Dead "Time of death for the do-over Michigan primary? Call it at about 11 a.m. today."

Ben gets confirmation from a couple of different sources, so it does look like there will not be new votes in either Michigan or Florida.

Turnout in the Democratic primary in both Michigan and Florida was atypically low because voters were told no delegates were at stake.

Now the question will be what to do with the delegations from both states. Obviously, some sort of arrangement must be made, but the notion that the votes that took place in January are true reflections of Michiganders and Floridians is a complete joke. Also via Ben, here's a paper from a Wharton prof and Glenn Hurowitz that makes (completely obvious and correct) case that seating the delegations based on the vote from January would be unfair because many Democrats stayed home or voted in the GOP primary, secure in the knowledge that, as Hillary Clinton herself had said, everybody knew the vote wouldn't count.
Time to play taps for new MI primary

Via Ben Smith:

The headline from MIRS, Michigan's Hotline:
Ding-Dong, Do-Over Primary Is Dead "Time of death for the do-over Michigan primary? Call it at about 11 a.m. today."

Ben gets confirmation from a couple of different sources, so it does look like there will not be new votes in either Michigan or Florida.

Turnout in the Democratic primary in both Michigan and Florida was atypically low because voters were told no delegates were at stake.

Now the question will be what to do with the delegations from both states. Obviously, some sort of arrangement must be made, but the notion that the votes that took place in January are true reflections of Michiganders and Floridians is a complete joke. Also via Ben, here's a paper from a Wharton prof and Glenn Hurowitz that makes (completely obvious and correct) case that seating the delegations based on the vote from January would be unfair because many Democrats stayed home or voted in the GOP primary, secure in the knowledge that, as Hillary Clinton herself had said, everybody knew the vote wouldn't count.

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