Florida Democrats threaten lawsuit over primary date« Thread

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Florida Democrats threaten lawsuit over primary date« Thread Started on Aug 27, 2007, 11:51pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Florida Democrats threaten lawsuit over primary dateread at source> http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/20 ... lProminent Florida Democrats wrote a letter to Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean today threatening a lawsuit if the party penalizes them for moving their presidential primary to Jan. 29. The DNC's rules and bylaws committee meets Saturday to decide what to do about the state, which now is set to vote inside the window Democrats were trying to reserve for Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina.Sen. Bill Nelson and four House members said in the letter that they thought rules problems had been resolved, but now are reading in news reports that their primary could be reduced to a "meaningless beauty contest." They write: "If true -- and, if the DNC strips Florida of all or some of its delegates to the national convention -- we would ask the appropriate legal officials to determine whether this could violate any state or federal laws governing and protecting individual voting rights. Furthermore, we would recommend to the chairman and leadership of the Florida Democratic Party that they send the party's entire delegation to the national convention in Denver next year anyway."There was no immediate response from the DNC. Update at 5:33 p.m. ET: DNC spokeswoman Stacie Paxton said Florida DNC members voted for the rules and never applied to be an early state. "We hope Florida will do the right thing and work