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C-SPAN. >> IF COMMISSION MEMBERS WOULD PLEASE TAKE THEIR SEATS, THE STAFF PLEASE URGE COMMISSION MEMBERS TO PLEASE TAKE THEIR SEATS. >> MADAMCHAIR.
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MADAM CHAIR JUST A QUICK -- >> I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF REFOR PLACING A KOPY OF THE CALIFORNIA PLAN THAT I HAD REFERENCED EARLIER FOR THEIR INSTRUCTIONS,...
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YOU. WE WILL USE THE BALANCE OF THE TIME THAT WE HAVE LEFT ON THE AGENDA TO MOVE TO A DIALOGUE ON QUESTIONS AROUND THE SCHEDULE INSIDE THE WINDOW, AND...
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OF FRONT-LOADING. BUT BEFORE TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO THE QUESTION OF FRONT-LOADING I SEE WE HAVE SOME COMMISSION MEMBERS THE BACK OF THE ROOM WIND ASK...
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QUESTIONS THERE TO DEAL WITH. AND SO WHAT I THINK I WILL SAY JUST A WORD ABOUT THE CONTEXT OF THIS, BUT WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD DO IN THE TIME WE HAVE...
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INCEPTION, DNC HAS NOT MANDATED WHEN
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A STATE MUST HOLD ITS PRIMARY OR CAUCUS EFSTATE PARTY FREED TO DETERMINE THE BEST TIME TO SCHEDULE PRIMARY CAUCUS JUST SO SO LONG AS IT IS WITHIN THE...
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INVITATION. NOT SURE I HAD A CHOICE -- I SPOKE TO THIS A LITTLE EARLIER, I THINK THAT THESE ARE VERY, VERY THORNY, AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT AS I'VE SAID...
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NO LONGER PERFORM THE YOU FUNCTION THIS THAT I USED TO PERFORM THEY USED TO REALLY BROCKEER AND MAKE A DECISION BY THE ELECTED BY THE DELEGATES THE DELEGATES...
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SAME THING. IT MAY NOT WORK BUT WE OUGHT TO TRY IT. >>> THINK WHAT WE WOULD PROPOSE IS SOME DISCUSSION ON THE ISSUE THAT MR. ICKES HAS RAISED, AND THEN...
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PROPOSED. >> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION, WOULD YOU -- WOULD YOU REWARD STATES WITH THESE BONUS DELEGATES FOR MOVING BACK OR WOULD YOU REWARD STATES FOR...
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LATE? >> I CAN'T GIVE A HARD FAST ANSWER TO THAT CAROL. I THINK IT WOULD BE A COMBINATION, I THINK IF A STATE IS GOING TO STAY BACK AND LIKES STAYING...
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BALANCING ACT. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, I THINK THAT A COUPLE OF POINTS IN SUPPORT OF MR. ICKES' PROPOSAL. SOMETIMES WE LOOK AT THIS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE...
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LOOKING AT IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF AMERICAN VOTERS. THE FACT THAT THE NATIONAL MEDIA IS FOCUSED ON THE PROBLEMS OF WISCONSIN, FOR A DAY, AND WISCONSIN...
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LATE. YOU
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WANT THOSE CONTESTS TO HAVE MEANING IN THE OVERALL PROCESS, SO I THINK YOU DO IT EITHER WAY. >> OTHER COMMENTS? GOVERNOR? >> ONE OF THE PROVISIONS...
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WHO ARE ALLOCATED ON ANY ONE DAY AS WELL, SO IT
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SEEMS TO ME THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS WE OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT A SYSTEM THAT DOES BOTHER, BOTH ABOUT TRIES TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF DELEGATES ON...
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RAISE SUFFICIENT MONEY FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION,
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NOW THAT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE A PROBLEM THIS PAST TIME BUT I DO THINK IN CONSIDERING WHAT INCENTIVES WE ARE PROVIDEING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT ISSUE....
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ASSUME OUR ACTIONS ARE GOING TO BE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CHAIRMAN ET CETERA SO I MAKE THIS MOTION IN THE FORM OF A RECOMMENDATION, MY MOTION IS THAT
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THIS COMMISSION RECOMMEND TO THE CHAIRMAN TO THE DEMOCRATIC
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NATIONAL CHAIRMAN THAT HE INSTRUCT THE RULES AND BYLAWS COMMITTEE OF THE DNC TO TAKE A VERY HARD LOOK AT AND COME UP WITH A SYSTEM THAT AWARDS BONUS...
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WHETHER BETWEEN NOW, AND THE TIME WE MEET IN DECEMBER WE MIGHT WANT TO
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PUT A FEW MORE BONES ON
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THAT MOTION SO THAT
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WE GIVE THE RULES AND BYLAWS COMMITTEE SOME DIED -- GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF HOW WE WOULD SUGGEST THEY PROCEED. >> WHAT DO THE BONES LOOK LIKE OR THE MEAT...
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SOME SUBGROUP IN TRYING TO FLUSH OUT
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THIS MOTION A LITTLE BIT, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WOULD
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RECOMMEND. >> SAEPSD -- >> I ACCEPT IT. >> THANK YOU. >> MR. STRATTON. >> MY COMMENTS WOULD BE THAT THIS IS A VERY GOOD IDEA. I THINK THAT THIS ALSO...
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TALK ABOUT ACHIEVING
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WHICH IS THE
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DIVERSITY ISSUE, AND I THINK THERE'S A WAY YOU COULD
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TIE YOU KNOW REGIONAL ISSUES DIVERSITY ISSUES INTO
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THIS INCENTIVE PLAN SO I WOULD JUST REINFORCE WHAT THE GOVERNOR AND MR. ICKES HAVE SAID. >> I HEAR THAT -- >> -- VERY PERCEPTIVE. >> MR. AMBASSADOR....
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THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US TODAY AUTHORIZED THE RULES AND BYLAWS COMMITTEE WORKING WITH THE STATES TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF CONTESTS AUTHORIZE NO MORE
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THAN
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X, PER WEEK WHICH IS ALSO IN OUR SCENARIO
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E, THAT THAT WOULD BE PART OF THIS WORK IN PROGRESS; AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT RIGHT? >> THAT IS NOT THE SPECIFICALLY IS A UNDERSTOOD WHAT MR. ICKES ADDRESSED....
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SORT OF AS MORE ORDERING STATES RATHER THAN TRYING TO APPEAL TO THEIR SELF-INTEREST. SO LOOK. I THINK THAT I THINK THERE'S BROAD SENTIMENT IN THIS...
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TO RESTRUCTURE AND IT WILL BE A WORK IN PROGRESS AND IT WILL BE OVERTIME IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN ONE CYCLE TO RESTRUCTURE OUR NOMINATING SYSTEM...
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AS PAYING ATTENTION TO EQUAL DIVISION, I WOULD HOPE THAT AS PART OF THIS INCENTIVE THAT WE STHARN THOSE
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PRINCIPLES ARE STILL MET. >> I WOULDN'T, IN TERMS OF INCENTIVES I WOULDN'T EXCLUDE ANYTHING. I WOULDN'T -- EXCLUDE ANY FACTOR THAT WILL MAKE IT A...
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FAVOR OF THE MOTION AS STATED AND THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AS ACCEPTED, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY RAISING YOUR HAND. THOSE OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES. JUST...
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BELIEVES TO IT BE A AT TIMES
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ALL POWERFUL ALL KNOWING YOU ARE IN FACT CORRECT, THAT THE WORK OF THIS COMMISSION WILL BE REFERRED IN TOTALITY TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DNC. AND MORE...
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FOR US TO ADDRESS THREE, TWO, RELAXING OF PROFESSIONAL REPRESENTTATION, MAY ADDRESS THAT NOW? >> ALL
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RIGHT. I RECOGNIZE THAT IN AN
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EFFORT TO PUT EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE WE PUT EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT RIGHT OFF. I THINK THAT AS A PERSON WHO IS PART OF THE...
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TO REVISIT. AND SO IT WOULD BE MY MOTION, THAT WE REMOVE FROM CONSIDER ANY IDEA THAT AS A PART OF ANY INCENTIVE OR IN ANY OTHER WAY THAT WE PERMIT STATES...
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IF --. >> WELL, I -- I HAVEN'T READ THE RULES RECENTLY
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ON PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION
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BUT THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS IN OUR RULES TO STRICT PR, AND SO ROXANNE, I -- IF YOU ARE -- IF YOU
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ARE TALKING ABOUT NOT RELAXING
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PR AS WE UNDERSTAND THAT TERM AND AS IT IS EMBEDDED IN OUR RULES, I THINK I MIGHT GO LONG WITH YOU, IF YOU ARE REALLY AIMING AT STRICT PR ACROSS THE...
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VISITING ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE THAT WE DO NOT RELAX PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION AS WE NOW UNDERSTAND AND AS IT IS EMBEDDED IN OUR RULES. >> FURTHER...
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THE AT LARGE LEVEL HAVE TO BE
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ALLOCATED BASED ON THE PROPORTION OF THE VOTE OR THE CAUCUS VOTED TO MENTION WON
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| 00:33:28 |
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BY EACH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SUBJECT TO 15% THRESHOLD IN PAYS -- CASE OF A PRIMARY OR THE
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FIRST TWO CAUCUS. BUT, WE DO ALLOW CALLED DIRECT ELECTION WHERE PEOPLE CAN VOTE ON INDIVIDUAL DELEGATES WHICH IN EFFECT RESULTS IN POSSIBILITY OF WINNER-TAKE-ALL...
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ALTERING THE PRESENT RULES REGARDING PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> OPPOSED NO? ALL RIGHT THE MOTION...
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NUMBER TWO, THAT WHILE IN PRINCIPLE THEY CAN BE DEBATED ANYWAY IN FACT ANYTHING AS DETAILED AS NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO
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| 00:34:56 |
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WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO BULLISH WITH REGARD TO PRIMARIES UNDER -- TO ACCOMPLISH WITH REGARD TO PRIMARIES UNDER STATE LAW SO WE DEAL WITH THAT GOING...
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WEEK CERTAINLY TO TRY TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE STATES, AND IN THE HOPE OF INFLUENCING THE SCHEDULING OF CONTESTS. THAT WE REALIZE, I THINK...
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THROUGHOUT IMPRESSED WITH THE COMMENTS THAT WISCONSIN CHAIR LINDA HAS MADE ABOUT THE WISCONSIN EXPERIENCE THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE INSIDE THE WINDOW CALENDAR...
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POSITIVE EXPERIENCE. BUT WE WERE ENVISIONING WAS NOT JUST STICKS BUT A COLLABORATION SAYING YOU KNOW YOU ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO GO IN THIS WEEK...
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THAT? IF WE WERE TO EXHORT THE COMMITTEE TO UNDERTAKE THIS? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER
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COMMENTS? OKAY. TO OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM HERE. ADDITIONAL RULES AND REPORT ITEMS OF INTEREST. SO FAR WE'VE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO -- TODAY, TO BUILD A CONSENSUS...
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REALLY THAT WE GO THROUGH TO ELECT PRESIDENTS THE SINGLE A PERIOD WHERE -- PERIOD WHERE WE CREKUT MORE PEOPLE TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY THAN ANY OTHER SIMILAR...
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PARTICIPATED I THINK STEVE WAS
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THERE, ALBUQUERQUE HOSTED THE
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FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IN THE 2004 CYCLE AND IT WAS BY EVERYBODY'S ESTIMATION, I BELIEVE, A BROAD SUCCESS, AND IN THE MEXICO FOLLOW-UP AS YOU KNOW...
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TO IMPROVING OUR ELECTORAL PROCESS BAKER COMMISSION CAME UP WITH A NUMBER OF GOOD IDEAS, HAD TOME IN IT TOO BUT CAME UP WITH A NUMBER OF GOOD IDEAS...
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HOPE GOING FORWARD MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THIS COMMITTEE WILL MAKE
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RECOMMENDATIONS ALONG THOSE SAME
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LINES, IN LIGHT OF OUR EXPERIENCE OUR EXPERIENCES IN BOTHER 2000 AND 2004 THE SECOND THING IS THREE KEY PROVISIONS OF THE -- ACT ARE SET TO EXPIRE...
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BAKER
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COMMISSION REPORT, TO REQUIRE VERIFIABILITY OF VOTING. COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS PAPER TRAIL, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING THAT POINT UP AT AN EARLY...
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| 00:48:25 |
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MORE THAN NORP JUST PASSED A NEW STATE
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LAW MANDATING THAT THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS CAN CHOOSE FROM ONLY A MENU OF THREE
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TIMES -- VOTEING PROCEDURES ONE PAPER BALLOT
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WHICH HOPEFULLY NO CANDIDATES WILL USE, SECOND OF ALL, OPTICAL SCAN WHICH
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IS A PAPER PRODUCT YOU MARK AND FEED IN THE MACHINE, AND THEN ANY LEK TRONIC MACHINES MUST HAVE A PAPER TRAIL SO THOSE WILL BE WHO ARE LOOKING AT STATE...
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LATER, AND TO IN VARIOUS WAYS THE LIMITED LEVERAGE
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WE HAVE BECAUSE OF THE REPUBLICAN DECISION PROCESS, WHICH IS THEN LED TO VARIOUS STATE LEGISLATOR DECISIONS SO FORTH. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT A MORE...
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| 00:51:12 |
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ROOM, WAS -- SITTING IN THAT ROOM WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE I THINK I WOULD BE
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| 00:51:16 |
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REMISS I'M HERE FROM AMERICAN FEDERATION STATE COUNTY MUNICIPAL EMPLOYERS UNION. WE HAD A
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| 00:51:23 |
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DISCUSSION ABOUT DIVITIES THE HOLE ISSUE -- DIVERSITY UNION DENSITY WASN'T MENTIONED I WOULD LIKE THAT ON THE TABLE DON'T KNOW HOW FRURTING FROM PEOPLE...
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| 00:51:33 |
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ORGANIZED LABOR WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PRESIDENTIAL PROCESS, THE ISSUE OF THE ISSUES OF THE RIGHT TO COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN, THE PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC...
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| 00:52:30 |
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4:00 SO I BELIEVE IT IS TIME FOR US TO SUM UP AND TO WRAP UP THE MEETING. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS I WANT TO THANK THE DNC STAFF,...
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MR.
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ICKES? >> CURIOUS AS TO THE FORM OF THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS WILL THAT BE THIS THE FORM OF A REPORT AND THAT WILL REPORT BE WRITTEN AFTER THE DECEMBER...
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CHAIRMAN? >> OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE A DRAFT REPORT FOR THE
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| 00:57:17 |
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DECEMBER MEETING. THAT IS OUR GOAL. GOAL. >> I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT IF THE IMPLICATION IS THAT WE DON'T WANT ANY LOOSE ENDS AFTER THE DECEMBER...
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THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE WON'T BE SOME LOOSE ENDS GOING INTO THAT MEETING. BUT -- I THINK I THINK WE WILL HAVE
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DRAFT REPORT INCLUDING A LOT OF THESE ITEMS MENTIONED IN THE LAST HALF HOUR OF THE MEETING, AND WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO TWEAK THAT LANGUAGE TO YOUR HEART'S...
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IF YOU MISSED ANY OF THIS MEETING OF THE DNY WE WILL RE-AIR IT AT 2:45 A.M. EASTERN TONIGHT. >> GOOD
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