Appreciation for Committee Members and Delegates
We wish to express our sincere gratitude to the Committee Members who dedicated considerable time, thought, and effort into drafting the proposed amendments, which were ultimately voted down for a variety of reasons.
The meeting lasted seven and a half hours, from 7:30 PM to 3:00 AM, with 90 members (or proxies) fulfilling their duties by remaining until the final vote. We deeply appreciate the Members who remained engaged into the early hours of the morning, motivated by a shared hope that this Committee could approve Convention Rules that we could all stand behind. We remain optimistic that achieving this goal is still within our reach.
Finally, we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the precinct delegates, activists, party loyalists, and engaged constituents who made their voices heard. Your outreach and efforts to ensure that your opinions and concerns were considered were instrumental. Without your support, the defeat of the $20,000 filing fee and the call for greater transparency for a paper ballot hand count process would not have been possible.
