The counting for the quorum call was actually being done when he spoke. Since the quorum was not met, the convention had to adjourn at that time without proceeding on any other business. Including business like accepting a candidate's request to withdraw, or endorsing by acclamation another candidate.
While I'm disappointed that the DFL did not endorse 3 candidates, that's what the delegates chose to do. These 2 candidates were between 3-7% apart all day, and it seemed unlikely that either of them would ever have reached the 60% needed for endorsement. An endorsement by acclamation when most of the delegates had gone home would not have carried much weight, really.
I am actually surprised that 5 hours after convening, we still had 48% of the delegates there, on such a beautiful Saturday afternoon.
Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson
After 3 ballots we had 2 candidates left nearly tied and one graciously dropped out. Rightfully that last standing candidate would have been endorsed by acclamation. But that most qualified gentleman was a Somali immigrant. Let the record show that it was not the DFL party but one delegate that raced to the microphone and demanded a quorum count. That delegate through ignorance or bigotry denied our Minneapolis DFL the opportunity to endorse our first Somali candidate. . . . hanging on in Hawthorne,
Dyna Sluyter
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