Hillary Clinton

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3. Each convention is different.

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Wed Jul 27, 2016, 12:28 PM

Jul 2016

In this case - I'm pretty sure Bernie had a commitment to his peeps to have "every vote count." So a motion to vote HRC the candidate by acclimation somewhere in the middle of the process wasn't going to happen. In fact you did not hear Bernie move to vote by acclimation but to have the votes recorded. It was a nice cozy moment but it really did nothing as far as HRC's win goes. In 2008, HRC moved for vote by acclimation during the roll call - probably for the sake of party unity and her future run for president.

As far as parliamentary rules go - anyone can move to vote "by acclimation" at anytime during a roll call vote. If the motion succeeds, the voting stops and the results are recorded to reflect a win by acclimation. If it fails, the roll call continues.

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Just curious about the roll call [View all] question everything Jul 2016 OP

I believe, and anyone please correct me if I am wrong, that what she did Squinch Jul 2016 #1

And there was no reaction to S. Dakota's historic vote? yallerdawg Jul 2016 #2

Each convention is different. Blue Idaho Jul 2016 #3

This was about Bernie getting all his votes counted. Once the process was done he "stopped" it TeamPooka Jul 2016 #4

My understanding was it was one more concession the DNC made to Bernie, that all the delegates Fla Dem Jul 2016 #5

Off-topic ... and just curious ... Does Larry Sanders (Bernie's brother) have Parkinsons disease, or NurseJackie Jul 2016 #6

There are a lots of parlemantary ways to skin that cat if you already know the results CajunBlazer Jul 2016 #7

Interesting. Thank you. question everything Jul 2016 #8