Reply #3: Based on the current situation their votes don't count. [View All]

[LiberalFighter]

If they agreed to hold caucuses their delegates would be seated and eligible to vote. The DNC even offered to pay the cost of conducting those caucuses.

They still might be seated and vote if the other delegates pass a resolution at the convention.

I didn't research it completely but it was my understanding that under DNC rules states that schedule their primaries earlier than allowed lose their SD's and half their pledged delegates. Apparently there is another rule that allows a state to lose all their delegates. I don't know why they lost all of their delegates. Maybe Florida and Michigan should at a minimum have half.

Those rules were voted on by DNC committee members from each state. Those DNC committee members were elected by state convention delegates or appointed by state party officials. Each state had input on the rules and they knew the rules.

As for 1.5 m voters. They aren't all Democrats and they definitely aren't all Democratic members. At best they might be voters that usually vote Democratic.

BY THE WAY My response to the OP was that she was using the delegate count that already had Florida and Michigan not included and subtracting their delegates again. Except, her use of 3253 was only pledged delegates and the 210 for FL and 156 for MI were their combined pledged and unpledged delegate count.