Reply #7: About Florida and Michigan [View All]

[macracan]

The trouble with reversing the decision now and seating these two delegations is that they are not really valid. Yeah, a lot of people came out and voted. Granted. But even a lot more would have voted if they thought the vote was going to be meaningful. So while not seating the delegations frustrates those that voted, seating them infuriates those that didn't vote on account that it was ruled to be meaningless.

I tend to have respect for rules that are agreed upon by the involved parties (that's what confers those rules the democratic adjective). Changing the rules post facto kinda stinks, just like retroactive immunity for telecoms.