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DNC Bars Fla. Delegates from '08 Convention

State has 30 days to straighten out as primary chaos looms

By Sam Biddle, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 26, 2007 10:44 AM CDT

(Newser) – Hoping to make an example of Florida in the escalating competition for ever-earlier primary dates, the DNC voted yesterday to strip the state of its delegates to next year's nominating convention, the Washington Post reports. Florida can regain its delegates if it reschedules its primary,... Read full story »

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State has 30 days to straighten out as primary chaos looms

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