[candidate-development] clarifying the sequence of assigning delegates

[Merelice]

On 5/11/08, Gracegrnrnbw at aol.com <Gracegrnrnbw at aol.com> wrote:
> Merelice - a reminder that a number of people have raised this concern, this
> is an issue for all of us not just me.

We are well aware of that.
>
>  State law a well as our deleate selection plan hinges allocation of
> delegates on the whether the candidate has released them already - even
> before they are at a Nominating Convention to vote

That is not an accurate statement. The releasing comes AFTER the
allocation. Otherwise they don't belong to the candidate to be
released. Re-read Michelle's letter. She clearly states that the
delegates must be assigned even to those candidates who have since
withdrawn. THEN we can deal with having the candidates release them.
This can happen before the nominating convention, not before the
assigning. And that is what Eli is referring to as you mention below.
And, in fact, that is what I suggested to Jim Hammerman if he has
connections with the Nader campaign.

> ....
>  As Eli suggested, perhaps more folks would like to help in the effort to
> reach the folks who are not seeking our Nomination to clarify "release" now?
>
>  We have been asked to take this conversation off of statecom-discuss since the next step sits with CDLC and Adcom - can we do that?

As long as incorrect statements are being made to StateCom, it's
important to clarify.

The situation is now in AdCom's hands, and according to our plan,
AdCom has until midnight Monday to approve the calculation or to state
concerns about the calculation. In the view of most CDLC members, the
calculation is a technical matter based on fulfilling the requirements
of state law and our plan as revised by the April 12 StateCom meeting.

Merelice