The Democracy Deficit Widens at Americans Elect

NOLA:

Meanwhile, there are four Feb. 29 postings on the Americans Elect site, under the heading “board decisions,” indicating changes to the bylaws and pre-convention rules that, it says, have been posted for delegates review. But it is not apparent what the changes are or where any more detailed explanation of the changes can be found for purposes of review. Next to each of the four items, it says, “this decision has been approved,” and if you roll your cursor over the question mark alongside, it says, “This decision was unanimously approved by the Board and is not subject to delegate review.” It is not clear from the site when the board was vested with that power….

On the site’s news page, there is notice of another meeting of the board, by telephone, to be held today “to vote on the following items: adoption of amendments to the Pre-Convention Rules, to post the Post-Election Rules on the website for public comment and to adopt amendments to the Bylaws,” but no other specifics are provided.

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