Becky Boland wrote, "At the DFL Convention on Saturday, it took
three separate votes to endorse Audrey Johnson over Jonathon Palmer. Three
ballots with not much movement what-so-ever. On the fourth ballot, Johnson
is endorsed only by one vote. . . . When you have two candidates that close
with the end result being one vote, it makes you wonder about the process."
[BRM] The endorsement race between Audrey Johnson and Jonathan
Palmer was not "close" and the difference was never "one vote," as Becky's
message incorrectly implies. A DFL Party endorsement requires that the
endorsed candidate receive at least 60 percent of the vote--or, put another
way, the endorsed candidate must receive at least one and a half times as
many votes as his or her nearest competitor in a race for one seat (as the
endorsement race had become, after the Convention endorsed candidates for
three out of the four available seats). Audrey Johnson was endorsed with the
necessary supermajority on the fourth ballot. Even on the first three
ballots, though, her support was never lower than 56 percent. Jonathan
Palmer's support, on the other hand, never even amounted to a
majority--hitting a high-water mark of 48 percent on the first ballot and
declining steadily on each subsequent ballot, ending at 38.5 percent on the
final ballot. In fact, the vote was never "close," and Audrey was endorsed
by a better than three-to-two margin.
BRM
Brian Melendez, Chair,
Minneapolis DFL Party
St. Anthony West (Ward 3)
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