According to the News Service Washington Bureau about 250 Floridians – most of them Latino rallyed outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters today to express their concern about their vote not being counted.
The national party decided last year to strip the state of any delegates because it violated party rules by moving up its primary date. Thr Obama campaign says publicly that anything other than completely eliminating Clinton's advantage – in other words, splitting the delegates evenly between the two -- is unfair. He contends the Florida primary wasn't fair because the candidates, even though they were on the ballot, didn't campaign here.
Although many of the demonstrators were Hillary supporters they were there to target a larger issue. “This is our heritage!” said de Anita Palma past Florida director of the League of United Latin American Citizens , referring to the right to vote and have that vote count. “Our forefathers fought for it, our father’s fought for it, and I’ll be damned if we are going to let it get away from us now!”
Wasserman Schultz, a national Clinton campaign co-chairwoman suggested that disregarding the Jan. 29 primary ballot choices of 1.7 million Florida Democratic primary voters could alienate these voters in a key presidential swing-state.
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