West Virginia Democrats voted at their state convention Saturday to remove unbound superdelegates from their party's presidential nominating process.
"It is concerning for a party that advocates for transparency, affirmative action, inclusion, and participation in government to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters" with the superdelegate system, the resolution argued, noting that in West Virginia superdelegates control 21.5 percent of nominating votes.
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