We are different from "Bernie or Busters." The people who sign this petition are promising, not that they will only support Bernie Sanders “no matter what,” but rather that, if Sanders loses as the result of EVEN A SINGLE SUPERDELEGATE turning against the will of the Democratic voters, we will never again support a Democratic candidate for President, and definitely not vote for Clinton in this cycle. Signers of this petition are people who would otherwise prefer Clinton to a republican nominee, but who cannot stomach the idea of supporting a party that does not itself value democracy.

If you think that we will cave, just try us. But ask yourself this—why should we bother to vote for a candidate in the general who says that our votes should not count in the primary? Why should we believe that either this candidate or the party who’s umbrella she is under will care about our voices in the future, if she dismisses us now?

If the party does not listen to us now, when we are making such a loud ruckus, it is only reasonable to conclude that it never will.

We believe that if the Democratic Party abandons its voters, then it is time for the democratic voters to abandon the party.