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The issue is getting big press in Florida:

Earlier Wednesday, Florida State Senate minority leader Steve Geller revealed the results of a poll showing that most Democrat voters wanted a revote. The poll showed that 59 percent of Florida Democrats are in favor of a revote to replace the results of January's primary election. Thirty-five percent opposed a revote, with 6 percent still undecided.

Democratic party leaders have said for several days they are drafting the basic language calling for a "mail-in" ballot. A mail-in revote so far appears to be the most workable method of revoting, given the tight constraints of time and money.

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"In my view, what we need to do is be sure that the Florida voters' choices are heeded," Geller said. "It really doesn't matter to me that much if the Obama and Clinton camps make a deal, if it's a deal that does not involve the will of the voters of Florida being counted."

Any candidate who rejects this is going to have to answer to those majority of voters.

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Link, via BTD at TalkLeft:

Fla. Dems settle on new plan for vote-by-mail primary
By Lesley Clark | McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON -- Facing tight deadlines for a do-over election, Florida Democrats are rushing to deliver to the national party as soon as Thursday a plan to vote again in the presidential primary -- this time, by mail.

If approved, ballots could start going out to voters in April.

Though the election-by-mail plan has its detractors, state Democrats say they're under a time crunch to complete voting by June 10 -- the Democratic National Committee's deadline for allocating delegates. Submitting the plan now will start a 30-day public-comment clock that would end in time for ballots to be sent out mid April.

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Craig Crawford suggests a "Do-More Instead of a Do-Over".

The Trail Mix Do-More Solution

Here's a solution: Only send ballots to registered Democrats who did NOT vote in the Jan. 29 primary (voting records show who voted and who didn't). That would cut almost in half the number of votes to process by mail. For choosing delegates to the national convention count both the new mail-in results and the original primary. Call it a Do-More instead of a Do-Over.

Barack Obama should have the advantage in the new mail-in balloting if his supporters are correct in arguing that many of his voters did not show up on Jan. 29 because they thought it would not count. Hillary Rodham Clinton obviously benefits from any solution that counts the primary she's already won by 17 percentage points.

Interesting.

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