The Nation : Jackson Hits Party Rules
The Rev. Jesse Jackson criticized proposed Democratic presidential nominating rules and announced that his Rainbow Coalition plans a national convention next month in Washington. The new rules, which the Democratic National Committee will vote on Saturday, lower from 20% to 15% the threshold of popular votes a presidential candidate needs to be awarded any convention delegates. But Jackson, saying that this is still too high and thus unfair to minority voters, threatened to take his complaint to court.
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