Mar
5
2008
Do Super Delegates Open The Democratic Party Up For Lawsuits?
I am not a lawyer, but I’m curious if the whole “super delegate” system that the Democratic party uses could potentially expose the party to election damaging lawsuits.
Let’s try this example on for size:
Obama wins more delegates allocated by popular vote and caucuses, as well as wining a larger percentage of the overall popular vote. Clinton comes within a few percentage points of Obama in the popular vote, and because of the asinine way that Dems do their delegate allocation, gets enough delegates that she only has to woo a little more than half the super delegates to support her and she wins the nomination at the national convention.
Could Obama (or more likely, his supporters as a group) sue the DNC because they’ve been disenfranchised?