At the last minute I was drafted by the Backbone Campaign to fly to Hollywood, Florida with Jason Sawatzki (7th CD Dean Delegate) and Hue Beattie (WA State Dean Platform Committee Member). Having never been involved in national platform creation, I had no idea what to expect.
After arriving with no sleep on a red-eye, we made our way to the Westin Diplomat Hotel - a five-star monstrosity right on the beach. We arrived Friday morning, and had until 6pm to submit our amendments to the platform - which had only been released days before. The platform, by the the way, is themed "Strong at Home, Respected in the World". Expect to hear that meme a lot in the next months.
After hours of feverishly force-ranking and crafting our issues, we had 17 amendments to submit - from energy independence goals, to civil right protections, to corporate personhood issues. We also had two amendments regarding voting issues near and dear to us in WA - voter-verified paper ballot on electronic voting machines, and the introduction of instant runoff voting.
I'll let you know what happened next in my next post!
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