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looks like vermont did the same thing this weekend

Vermont Democrats have decided to change this state’s role in the election of presidential candidates. The 2016 primary between Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton has soured many voters on the concept of superdelegates.

At their convention on Sunday, Vermont Democrats gave unanimous approval to a resolution that will require all of Vermont’s delegates to be apportioned based solely on the results of the state’s primary vote. Critics of superdelegates say they allow an elite few to have outsize influence on the nominating process.

While “pledged delegates” are now doled out according to the will of the electorate, superdelegates get to vote for the candidate they want, regardless of the results of the popular vote.

Vermont will send 26 delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this July. Many of those delegates say they intend to push for changes to the superdelegate rules at the national level.

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