Subject: Re: Re the platform committee
From: "Lightman, David" <[email-masked]>
To: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 18:52:21 -0400

hmmm...my deadline was 3, as i said in the note...the story has been
edited. I'll try to get this in...thanks

On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 6:30 PM, Miranda, Luis <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> You can quote me with this:
>
> Because the Party’s platform is a statement of our values, the DNC is
> committed to an open, inclusive and representative process. Both of our
> campaigns will be represented on the Drafting committee, and just as we did
> in 2008 and 2012, the public will have opportunities to participate.
>
> FOR BACKGROUND
>
> The rules governing our process for appointments to convention standing
> committees were established in 2014 long before any candidates declared and
> follow the same process that have governed these appointments for many
> cycles.  The co-chairs of all of the committees and the At-Large members
> were elected by the DNC Executive Committee members in January 2016. That
> meeting was open to the public and all of the campaigns were participants
> in that process.
>
> The overwhelming remainder (87%) of the Standing Committee membership is
> elected by each state’s National Convention Delegates after being
> nominating by the presidential campaigns, proportional to each campaign’s
> percentage of the state wide vote.
>
> The Platform drafting committee is a subcommittee of the larger platform
> committee. Those members have not yet been named but the appointments will
> be made in consultation with both campaigns, as has been the case in past
> cycles.  Both campaigns are fully aware of our process.
>
>