On Saturday, I participated as an elected executive board member in the monthly e-board conference call. Here are a few quick notes I wrote down as the call proceeded:
- The coordinated campaign for all Democratic candidates is proceeding and a large voter canvass is getting ready to begin.
- Figure we need >334,000 votes for Reid to win and believe we’ll get them, but that it will be tight
- OFA is beginning campaigns to energize the African-American and Young Voter groups.
- We preserved our role as an early caucus state for the 2012 election. Iowa will still go first (2/6/2012), followed by New Hampshire (2/14/2012), then Nevada (2/18/2012) and finally South Carolina (2/28/2012). No other state can go earlier than 3/1/2012 and those going in March will see votes proportionally awarded to the candidates (as opposed to all/nothing rules used in some states)
- Also in the 2012 election season, we’ll see reduced influence in superdelegate participation, and an increase in actual candidate delegates (up from 3,000 to 3,300).
- Next actual meeting of the State e-board will be September 24, 2010 in Reno.
I don’t understand. There is no all/nothing delegation allotment in any of the Dem primaries or caucuses. That isn’t a change. And in fact, there is a lot of vote “weighting” required by the DNC. Some areas get more representation than others. One person / One vote doesn’t always hold. It is a convoluted mess, and it doesn’t sound that they did much to fix it.
I think the all/nothing had to do more with the Republican side (since both sides had to come to some agreement as to primary/caucus dates … and since the all/nothing led to McCain taking the Repub nomination very early in the process).