Would it be fair to the voters & the candidates re-do the Democratic primaries in Florida and Michigan?

As a Florida voter, I say no it is NOT fair. As all candidates were on our ballot and people had the ability to research all candidates before voting (as I did) I see no reason to make me go and vote again. That is like saying, we will have you keep voting until the results come out the way we want. That is wrong and so is voiding our votes. Michigan may be different if not all candidates were on the ballot. But Florida had all candidates and over 2 weeks to vote as our early voting was open for 2 entire weeks. There are no excuses. It is a valid election and it should be counted. Anything else is wrong.

While I empathize with the rank and file Dems who had nothing to do with the date and just want to make their choice count, the fact remains that the state chapter of the Democratic party in each case knew what the DNC threatened to do if they moved the date and they took the gamble.

Regardless of the "vital paper trail legislation" attached to the Florida GOP sponsored bill to move the date, the party should have voted against the move and had their chairperson say WHY they opposed it each time they were asked for comment. If voters feel that strongly about the paper trail, it would still happen in a bi-partisan fashion...after all, both Dems AND Republicans want to make sure their votes count and are counted correctly.

That having been said, the math says that neither candidate can win without superdelegates so adding the two back in should help to keep them from having to decide and raise questions of thwarting the "will of the people".

The fairest way to handle it would be:

Place those 2 the very LAST in the cycle so that if either side concedes before the date, the DNC can simply choose not to do it again. Force the state parties in each state to run a certain dollar amount of advertising reminding voters that a "re-do" is coming and when they have to register to be eligible to vote. Also, the state parties should be forced to pony up for the election costs...it's THEIR fault the date moved.

In Florida, I think Hillary won fair and square. In Michigan, she was the only Democrat on the ballot, while the other wimps honored the silly rules of the Democratic National Party. If they do it over and Hillary doesn't win, we may be tied up with lawsuits or something. But I don't see any other way to go.

I agree with Jacob. This ticket would be a win-win situation and both would get their chance at the Presidency. But let us clarify one thing. Obama is not that popular with the adults in Michigan. Young people love him, but remember the long association between the Clintons and the union folks. I would vote for Hillary, but I like Obama, too. Either way, I'm a winner!

That would be the only fair way. Otherwise, they should not be seated. I will concede that Florida has a stronger argument than Michigan, since all the candidates were on the ballot, but I still think there should be a do over if any are to be seated.

I think the DNC should pay if they want it done. This has happened before (as the DC delegation 4 yrs ago) and there was no "do over." They were not seated.

First of all, the voting process of Dem. party should not be manipulated by the Reps.

Fundamentally, it would be wrong to award all the delegates from the MI and FL.

In this regard, the Reps chose a better, a sane way of awarding the delegates by stripping 50% of the total.

The Dem. Party will have to somehow tend to the voters of the FL & MI without encouraging any other States violating the DNC rules.

No

The voters have no say in when there state holds an election

I just answer a question like this

Florida and Michigan votes need to right to the DNC

They also need to write to the best newspaper in their state, and asking others who voted to write to the DNC

They should also write to a nation newspaper

They should also write on as many blogs to write

Give the information that is need

If the DNC, here enough people, they would have to do something

Like count the votes, or hold another election

It was the democratic party who decided to not counted the Florida votes NOT the state of Florida. Florida voter were disenfrachised because of rules made by the Democratic party. It was the party who decided not to count the votes. The democratic party did not have to make the rule not count the votes. Therefore it is the party who should pay for it. Whether or not it should be redone, that is up to the democratic party.

No it would not be fair. Florida and Michigan violated DNC rules regarding when primaries are to take place. As a result of not following the rules Florida and Michigan are being punished. By your logic Florida and Michigan should be exempt from following the rules? Is that fair to the states that did follow the rules?

I live in Florida and I think we should redo the primary and the State of Florida should pay for it. Governor Charlie Crist, a republican, was a huge promoter of the date change and now is on a short list for VP. In May 2007, Crist was quoted as saying that he "was not considering" becoming the vp Gee, I wonder who benefited in this deal?

Even after reading that I still don't think its right to change it. And here is why, when most of the Democrats want a re-election its to help their candidates or what not, but do you honestly think they would have felt this way back in 04 or even 00 if this was Republicans trying to do this??? Most likely not!!!