As can be expected, Doug Grow gets it wrong again. A 100% Obama preferential vote is not guaranteed nor is it expected. I expect that Doug Grow is merely being a stenographer for Republican talking points again. In Minnesota, "Uncommitted" is valued vote. Indeed the traditional hold-out votes in any national endorsement tends to come from Minnesota. Just to hold the president accountable, you can expect that at least some of the DFL will vote "Uncommitted." Either Doug Grow just means to set up impossible false expectations here or he really does not understand that "Uncommitted" is a valid vote. Here is the quote:
DFLers will be voting 100 percent for President Barack Obama.
(Doug Grow at MinnPost)
The presidential votes will be used as input to help determine the number of "Obama" and "Uncommitted" delegates to the national convention. The actual delegates will be elected by congressional and state conventions. The Minnesota DFL preserves the rights of minority through proportional representation, which means if there are enough "Uncommitted" votes to have even a single delegate, then "Uncommitted" will be represented. So every possible write-in candidate has representation through "Uncommitted."
I attempted to post this correction as a comment on the actual MinnPost article, it has not yet been approved. Update, the comment is now accepted. |
