Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
for what its worth, id be less against redoing those primaries than simply counting the votes. ironically, those primaries could have meant more in the traditional cycle than they would have early on
The votes already cast CANNOT be counted. There should be a re-do, paid for BY THE STATE. (Although I agree even that is a bitter pill to swallow because, in the end, these late elections will end being incredibly important -- due to their own flauting of the rules and the process.)
The governor and legislature f*&^ed up. But they were fully aware of what the consequences would be should they move their primary. A conspiracy theorist might even think that the FL Republican Governor and Republican legislature did so with nefarious intent.
Candidates did not campaign there, many folks may have not voted based on the lack of standing. You simply cannot rely on the 'unsanctioned primary' results.
As for the overall rules changing, you know it was after 1968 that the use of primaries became common. Until 1968 there were only 13 - 20 primaries per election (it varied).
And this whole Super Delegate thing -- just created in 1982.
