Texas Democratic Party Staying on Schedule
The Texas Democratic Party denied a request by Hillary Clinton's Texas campaign to postpone the county conventions set for March 29th. The delegates from the caucuses won't be certified until those county conventions, but the Clinton camp sought a delay, in order to verify the one million plus caucusgoers. The campaign says it has received more than 2,000 complaints of irregularities, and that it doesn't want ineligble voters to be counted.
"We're saying to the party, before we have the county conventions, we need to make absolutely certain that we protect the integrity of the process," said Clinton Texas Chair Gary Mauro.
But the party's not having it. It maintains a verification process is already in place, and that verification happens at the very county conventions the Clinton camp seeks to delay.
"They have the ability to go to the county convention to bring up challenges and bring before the [credentials] committee any evidence that there may have been an irregularity," said Hector Nieto, TDP spokesperson.
The Obama campaign hasn't really gotten involved in this, as it's a Clinton-generated request. But Obama spokesman Josh Earnest said the campaign is cool with staying on schedule.
"Our campaign agrees that the best way to capitalize on the incredible enthusiasm and hundreds of thousands of new voters who participated in the precinct conventions on March 4th is to count their votes promptly and accurately. We look forward to continuing to work with the Texas Democratic Party to ensure that happens," he said via email.
Mauro says the Clinton campaign will keep its options open.
"We could file a complaint with the national committee, we could consider going to the courthouse, which I don't think it's a viable option," he said.
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