I saw this idea floated a few days ago, and it looks to have legs. Via the AP Florida Dems weigh mail-in plan
Florida’s Democratic Party chair urged Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama, the national party and her own state’s congressional delegation to consider a combined vote-by-mail/in-person plan as a redo of the Jan. 29 presidential primary.
The idea would be to mail ballots to all registered Democratic voters and set up 50 regional voting offices to help “disadvantaged communities” participate in an election ending June 3, state party Chairman Karen Thurman said in a memo to the campaigns and state and national party leaders.
While not ideal, this does seem to be one of the more viable options.
Apparently, not everyone in Florida is keen on the idea:
Florida’s nine Democratic congressmen voted Tuesday night to oppose a mail-in vote. Thurman urged them to reconsider.
At a minimum I do not see how the DNC can seat the delegations based on the primary held earlier this year, nor do I see how they can ignore Florida at the convention.
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