MoveOn.org, which supports Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)16%
’ campaign, has garnered 187,315 signatures for a petition calling for the Democratic Party nomination to be decided by popular vote and not by so-called superdelegates who are largely party insiders.
“That’s why we’re calling on all the Democratic superdelegates to pledge to back the will of the voters at the Democratic Party convention in Philadelphia” in July, states the petition. Continues the petition:
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Bernie won New Hampshire. And by a hair, Hillary won Iowa. In other words, there’s a long Democratic primary ahead, possibly fought all the way to the convention.
But there’s a problem: There are 712 superdelegates—made up of Democratic elected officials and other prominent party leaders—who have the power to tip the scales, potentially shifting the vote at the convention to whomever they choose. This process is undemocratic and fundamentally unfair to Democratic primary voters.
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This was just one of several petitions initiated by the far-left group. Ben Wikler, Washington director of MoveOn.org, told the Huffington Post that “more than 380,000 MoveOn.org members have signed petitions supporting a simple principle: The Democratic nominee should be the person who wins the primaries and caucuses.” “MoveOn members overwhelmingly endorsed Sanders for president, and we want him to win the most pledged delegates, become the nominee, and become president,” Wikler stated.
