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Florida Pols Float New Plan To Get Delegation Seated

Two Florida pols are floating an intriguing new proposal to get the state's delegation seated -- and calling on Hillary and Obama to support it.

The proposal is the work of state senators Steven Geller, the state senate's ranking Dem, and Jeremy Ring, both of whom are neutral. In an interview with me, Geller laid out how it would work.

Half of Florida's delegates would be awarded based on the January 29th vote, which Hillary won, 50%-33%.

The other half would be awarded based on some sort of framework that the two campaigns agreed to -- and could be based on any other reasonable metric, for instance, the national popular vote at the end of the day or on Florida polling.

"The Clinton camp wants all the votes to count," Geller told me. "The Obama camp wants none of the votes to count. So count half. Award half of the delegates based on January 29th. Then come up with some fair proposal for the others that the campaigns agree on. We're trying to set the framework" for an agreement.

What has to happen for such a thing to become real? Since the DNC has said it will do what the campaigns agreed to, Geller points out, the campaigns merely have to agree to a formula based on this framework.

"The two candidates need to show some leadership," Geller said. "They are trying to prove that they can negotiate with [world leaders]. They ought to be able to negotiate with each other."

Late Update: Another way of doing this suggested by Geller, which I should have mentioned earlier, is to apportion half the delegation based on the January 29th voting, and split the remaining half. The whole point of the proposal is to ask the campaigns to agree on a way of dividing the remaining half.


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