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by readthenotes1 608 days ago
Harris doesn't need to "attempt it", she somehow became the Democratic choice without a single vote for her, replacing the man who said it'd be ridiculous after all the millions of votes he got
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A candidacy is not an elected position.
Did the delegates not vote at the Democratic convention?
That's like saying the Chinese had a vote
Like it or not (I don't!), primaries are internal functions of membership organizations. The law has found this again and again. In these contests, it is the party delegates who are given the right to choose the party nominee.