I am against it for a number of reasons:
1) changes to any constitution should rarely happen and only under very serious conditions, i.e. to correct racial/gender/etc equality.
2) The people who attended this years precinct caucuses did so for this year's races, not next year's.
3) I had people in my district who could not be delegates this year because of conflicts on their calendars, but, they usually are delegates, and had they known, they would have signed up as delegates and then contacted their alternates to attend.
4) Some of the new delegates would feel forced into doing something they didn't sign up for.
In addition, as Loki stated, it would limit the number of delegates next year, as some will have moved, others just won't show. And,I suspect those who move as frequently as every year, are those who the DFL likes to represent itself as defending. This is not inclusive for anyone.
I don't know anything about the person(s) pushing this amendment, or their intentions, I'm against it for the above reasons.
I, as much as the next person, am very happy to see the numbers that turned out for the caucuses and conventions, and it would be great to keep them coming back. We do this by communicating with them, explaining the process (most of the newbies I've talked to have absolutely no idea how all of this works), and continuing to contact them personally throughout the year(s). Lets have some outreach to these new delegates to assure they'll want to be involved in the future. And, lets not stop there, lets reach out to others, get them registered to vote, and make them feel welcome to the process.
Thanks! Sheila A. Scott Lind Bohanon Neighborhood Camden Area Senate District 58
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