Delegate Stripped of Position After Pledging to Vote Republican

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Posted: 8:41 PM Jun 14, 2008 Delegate Stripped of Position After Pledging to Vote Republican A Democratic delegate to the Denver Convention was stripped of her position after pledging to vote for John McCain instead of Barack Obama. Reporter: Matt Behrens Delegate Stripped of Position After Pledging to Vote Republican

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The Wisconsin Democratic Party has stripped a woman of her position as delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
That’s after she told a newspaper she would vote for Republican Senator John McCain for President in November.
Last night in Stevens Point, state party members held a unanimous vote to strip Debra Bartoshevich of her delegate status and appoint an alternate for the Denver Convention.
Illinois Senator Barack Obama is in line to get the party’s nomination, but Bartoshevich supports Hillary Clinton.
Despite the controversy, party officials feel the situation has actually helped to better unify the democrats.
Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Joe Wineke says, “It actually strengthened what we were doing here, I mean the thunderous vote on that from the delegation showed me that virtually everybody here has one mission, and that is to elect Barack Obama president.”
When Senator Clinton bowed out of the race, Bartoshevich told a Wisconsin paper Clinton was treated unfairly by the party, and she has deep reservations about Obama’s experience, so she’ll vote for McCain.
Wineke says the alternate will be another Clinton delegate, but one who will continue to support the party.