Alleged Dean supporter, that is, but I assume this report is no less reliable than the report originally posted.
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Then the defections began. Some folks who were solid Dean supporters said that, while their hearts were with Dean, their heads were with Kerry, and that they'd be casting their Stein club vote with Kerry. It was a tangible blow to the Dean folk in attendance (both club members and non-club observers), but a dose of the new reality.
Then the vote: 61 votes were cast, with 29 going to Kerry, 20 to Dean, 6 to Clark, 3 to Edwards, 2 to Kucinich, and 1 to Sharpton. Kerry failed to win the require 60 percent for endorsement, all was going as expected....
....until somebody cited a club by-law that stated that a second ballot be cast if no candidate in a single-candidate outcome race achieved a plurality, then a second ballot may be cast by motion. The debate started: people wanting to adjourn and go with a non-endorsement, people wanting to recess and pick up next week, people wanting the second vote now. Frustrated people left, many of them Dean supporters. The Kerry crowd stayed put, moving with passion for a second ballot. Some people brought up the fact that this by-law was not pointed out before the meeting; other club members pointed out that, as members, they should be familiar with the by-laws.
As a long-time Stein member said to me, "organizationally speaking, it was somewhat messy."
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The Dean folk, the Clark people and a couple of Stein exec board members tried to put off the vote, either by calling the meeting to recess or adjourning for the night.
But the Kerry folk stood firm. They did not, as John mentioned "sneak back in," as the meeting had not officially ended. Some of the Dean-supporting Stein members did leave after the endorsement results were announced and the meeting began to disintegrate - probably more out of frustration that the meeting was already overly long.more...