Subject: RE: Democratic Delegate Selection Process Memo
From: "Freundlich, Christina" <[email-masked]>
To: "Domino, Cate" <[email-masked]>, "Crystal, Andy" <[email-masked]>, Patrice Taylor <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]>, "Compton, Matt" <[email-masked]>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]>, "Dillon, Lauren" <[email-masked]>, "Eadie, Elizabeth" <[email-masked]>, "Brinster, Jeremy" <[email-masked]>, "Dieter, Austin" <[email-masked]>, "Lykins, Tyler" <[email-masked]>, "Burke, Morgan" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 08:59:37 -0700

Looking meow. Hang tight.

From: Domino, Cate
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 11:46 AM
To: Crystal, Andy; Patrice Taylor
Cc: Miranda, Luis; Compton, Matt; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Dillon, Lauren; Eadie, Elizabeth; Brinster, Jeremy; Dieter, Austin; Lykins, Tyler; Freundlich, Christina; Burke, Morgan
Subject: Re: Democratic Delegate Selection Process Memo

Christina, can you take one last look for comms, and then I'll publish?

From: "Crystal, Andy" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 11:02 AM
To: dominoc <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, Patrice Taylor <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Compton, Matt" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Dillon, Lauren" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Eadie, Elizabeth" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Brinster, Jeremy" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Dieter, Austin" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Lykins, Tyler" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Freundlich, Christina" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Burke, Morgan" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: RE: Democratic Delegate Selection Process Memo

Good here

From: Domino, Cate
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 10:50 AM
To: Crystal, Andy; Patrice Taylor
Cc: Miranda, Luis; Compton, Matt; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Dillon, Lauren; Eadie, Elizabeth; Brinster, Jeremy; Dieter, Austin; Lykins, Tyler; Freundlich, Christina; Burke, Morgan
Subject: Re: Democratic Delegate Selection Process Memo

Apologies - try this link instead: https://medium.com/p/e8cdd8e83022/

From: dominoc <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 10:46 AM
To: "Crystal, Andy" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, Patrice Taylor <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Compton, Matt" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Dillon, Lauren" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Eadie, Elizabeth" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Brinster, Jeremy" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Dieter, Austin" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Lykins, Tyler" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Freundlich, Christina" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Burke, Morgan" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: Re: Democratic Delegate Selection Process Memo

Here's how it looks set up: https://medium.com/p/e8cdd8e83022/edit

Let me know when you're good, and I'll publish.

From: "Crystal, Andy" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 10:16 AM
To: dominoc <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, Patrice Taylor <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Compton, Matt" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Dillon, Lauren" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Eadie, Elizabeth" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Brinster, Jeremy" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Dieter, Austin" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Lykins, Tyler" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: RE: Democratic Delegate Selection Process Memo

Looks great

From: Domino, Cate
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 10:54 PM
To: Patrice Taylor
Cc: Miranda, Luis; Compton, Matt; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Dillon, Lauren; Eadie, Elizabeth; Crystal, Andy; Brinster, Jeremy; Dieter, Austin; Lykins, Tyler
Subject: Re: Democratic Delegate Selection Process Memo

Adding the research team back in - I'll build this out in the morning after I get their final on.

On Apr 25, 2016, at 10:51 PM, Patrice Taylor <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:
All,
I made some suggested edits to the language (including Luis' edits) and they are incorporated with the attached draft.

I didn't see that research had approved (I could have missed it) but wanted to flag that so they can review the updated version.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Patrice

From: Miranda, Luis
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 8:32 PM
To: Patrice Taylor; Domino, Cate
Cc: Compton, Matt; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Dillon, Lauren; Eadie, Elizabeth
Subject: RE: Democratic Delegate Selection Process Memo

Good here but made an important change that I think Patrice will agree with. We can't assert that only pledged delegates will select our nominee, so this fix addresses that.

<http://www.democrats.org/>Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> - @MiraLuisDC<https://www.twitter.com/MiraLuisDC>

From: Patrice Taylor
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 8:21 PM
To: Domino, Cate
Cc: Miranda, Luis; Compton, Matt; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Dillon, Lauren; Eadie, Elizabeth
Subject: Re: Democratic Delegate Selection Process Memo

I'll take a look at this in the next 2 hours.

On Apr 25, 2016, at 8:10 PM, Domino, Cate <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:
Thoughts on this, Luis/Mark? Are we still aiming for tomorrow morning?

From: dominoc <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: Monday, April 25, 2016 at 3:59 PM
To: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: "Compton, Matt" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Dillon, Lauren" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Eadie, Elizabeth" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, Patrice Taylor <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: Re: Democratic Delegate Selection Process Memo

Here it is. Andy from research already took a look. Adding Patrice to the chain since it's her byline.

TITLE: Years in the Making: How the DNC prepared to nominate the next President of the United States

BYLINE: Patrice Taylor

We're less than 100 days away from the 2016 Democratic National Convention in beautiful Philadelphia, PA, where our party will nominate the 45th President of the United States. If history teaches us anything, it will be a beautiful moment.

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But what folks might not know is just how long moments like that take to come together. Our party has been working for years to make sure that the process for selecting our nominee is transparent, fair, and reflects our values as Democrats. I've been there every step of the way, and wanted to share what we've been doing to prepare for the big moment in Philly:

2014: Committee Meetings (a lot of them)

The Democratic National Committee is just like a lot of other committees you may have served on: It's made up of committee members, and those members serve on subcommittees that have jurisdiction over various aspects of party business. I work closely with the Rules and Bylaws committee, which met five times in 2014 to finalize the selection rules for delegates to the 2016 convention.

[IMAGE<https://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/7952126698/in/album-72157631457258210/>] Caption: Delegates on the 2012 Democratic National Convention floor

Like they have for the past 30 years, the 2016 delegate selection rules include a number of unpledged "super" delegates (about 15% of the total number of delegates). These party leaders, just like the delegates allocated in caucuses and primaries, each get one vote on the convention floor.

Here's the most important thing to take away from what we decided in 2014 (and for every presidential contest since the 1980s): Unpledged delegates have never changed the outcome of an election. We decided to, once again, keep our party leaders included at every stage of the nominating process, but the single biggest factor in deciding who our nominee is will be theultimate decision will be made by delegates selected by the votersthrough caucuses and primaries.

2015: State Parties' Turn

Those caucuses and primaries are driven by state and territory parties, and in 2015, every party had to submit their official delegate selection plan to the Rules and Bylaws committee. The Rules and Bylaws committee held many meetings (over lots and lots of coffee) to make sure that the state party plans met our official delegate selection rules and reflected our commitment to diversity and inclusion.

[IMAGE<https://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/7952128190/in/album-72157631457258210/>] Caption: Delegates at the 2012 Democratic National Convention

To make sure that their state process reflects the values of our party and the political realities of their state, all delegate selection plans were open for public comment for at least 30 days, so that voters could see and have a say in how their state would be represented in the nominating process. States also submitted inclusion and outreach plans to make sure no voices were left unheard.

2016: Have Your Say

Finally, it's time to select the delegates who will make up the vast majority of those who will nominate our candidate for President of the United States. Following the processes set by the states and territories and approved by the Rules and Bylaws committee last year, Democrats across the country have been making their voices heard in their caucuses and primaries.

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Based on how Democrats in your state voted, delegates are proportionally allocated to our presidential candidates. This is different than many GOP state parties' rules - none of our contests are winner take all. If your candidate gets at least 15% of the vote, they will be represented by your state to the convention in Philadelphia.

And, of course, these delegates have pledged to represent in good faith the intentions of those who elected them.

[IMAGE<https://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/7934102892/in/album-72157631413570512/>] Caption: Delegates at the 2012 Democratic National Convention

July will be here before we know it, and all of the delegates you carefully selected when you cast your vote or attended your primary will be packing up and heading to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection. I can't wait to watch them cast their votes - and represent you - as they nominate our 45th President. See you in Philadelphia.

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From: dominoc <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: Monday, April 25, 2016 at 11:50 AM
To: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: "Compton, Matt" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Dillon, Lauren" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Eadie, Elizabeth" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: Re: Democratic Delegate Selection Process Memo

We'll make sure to work the RBC into it, but it won't be a straight copy of the memo, since this is for a different audience. Will get a first draft around this afternoon.

Adding Elizabeth for awareness since Matt's in transit for much of today.

From: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: Monday, April 25, 2016 at 11:45 AM
To: dominoc <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: "Compton, Matt" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Dillon, Lauren" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: RE: Democratic Delegate Selection Process Memo

Patrice, but pointing out it's a memo from the Co-Chairs.

<http://www.democrats.org/>Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> - @MiraLuisDC<https://www.twitter.com/MiraLuisDC>

From: Domino, Cate
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 11:44 AM
To: Miranda, Luis
Cc: Compton, Matt; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Dillon, Lauren
Subject: Re: Democratic Delegate Selection Process Memo

I think aiming for tomorrow morning is reasonable. Would we have this come from you or from Patrice?

From: "Miranda, Luis" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: Monday, April 25, 2016 at 11:42 AM
To: dominoc <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Cc: "Compton, Matt" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Paustenbach, Mark" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Walker, Eric" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>, "Dillon, Lauren" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: RE: Democratic Delegate Selection Process Memo

Hi Cate, when would we be able to turn this into a Medium post?

<http://www.democrats.org/>Luis Miranda, Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
202-863-8148 - [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> - @MiraLuisDC<https://www.twitter.com/MiraLuisDC>

From: Domino, Cate
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 6:51 PM
To: Miranda, Luis
Cc: Compton, Matt; Paustenbach, Mark; Walker, Eric; Dillon, Lauren
Subject: Re: Democratic Delegate Selection Process Memo

I think this could become a medium, but it'll take a little bit of work. I like the idea of sending it as a memo to talkers and creating something more internet-y for a wider audience to launch next week.

On Apr 22, 2016, at 5:48 PM, Miranda, Luis <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:
Hi team digital. Attached is a memo from the Co-Chairs of the DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee on the Delegate Selection process. We had talked about doing this as a medium post but came together a little late. Is this something we can put up on Medium quickly, or should we just forward to talkers as is? What do you guys recommend? We could send to talkers tonight just in the body of an email and then launch as a Medium post later, either over the weekend or on Monday. Thoughts?
<Democratic Delegate Selection Process Memo 4.22.16 v2.docx>
<PT Edits to Meduim Post 4.25.16.docx>