A short, hilarious satirical segment from the brilliant Samantha Bee explained the superdelegate process and much of what is in this petition.

At the beginning of the Democratic primary, the idea of superdelegates was frequently attacked, especially by those in the Sanders camp. They are now attempting to use superdelegates in an attempt to overturn the will of the voters. Vowing to fight for the nomination by using superdelegates even if Hillary Clinton wins the majority of votes is a direct contradiction of their earlier complaints about the process. It should be noted that superdelegates historically, have never went against the will of the voters and voted for someone who didn't win the popular vote.The lashing out at superdelegates is then, seems to be serving as a scapegoat for the fact that one side is losing. Even MoveOn.org, a progressive organization who endorsed Sanders created a petition of their own earlier in the primary telling superdelegates to obey the will of the people. Now their candidate is actively trying to do the opposite. The primary process is not over yet, but they have vowed to do this even if Hillary wins the popular vote.

In further escalation of this, Sander's supporters have made public the addresses, phone numbers, and names of all the superdelegates in an effort to court them in something which is called a "Superdelegate Hit List". This has lead to superdelegates being harassed and receiving threats. This is unacceptable, and we should call it out as such, and the Sanders campaign should formally condemn his supporters who are doing this.

Some abhorrent examples of the harassment superdelegates have received:

"You should be ashamed of yourself," Ensley reads from a recent Facebook message she received. "Maybe you will do some soul searching and have some integrity and think about the decisions you're making and its implications."

"They said, you know, you should go to hell," said Ensley, describing another message. "How dare you vote against your own interests as an African-American woman. I expected you would be smarter than that."

"Someone received my cellphone number, and they posted that, and so I'm getting calls on my personal cellphone from people all over the country," Martin said.

Despite having 2.4 million more votes than Sanders, the blatant attempts at ignoring the will of the people are wrong and should be addressed, as should the harassment of superdelegates. #EndCyBernBullying

We petition the following: