Barney Frank, co-chair of the Democratic National Convention Rules Committee, supports eliminating superdelegates and caucuses.

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The former Massachusetts representative said he personally opposes the role superdelegates have in the Democratic nominating process.

"I said repeatedly this spring that I believed it would be unacceptable for the votes of ex-officio delegates to overrule the outcome of the primaries and caucuses," Frank wrote in a letter to Main Rep. Diane Russell, according to Politico.

"While this will not happen this year, and has in fact never come even close to happening since the change was instituted, I support doing away with even the possibility of this before next nomination contest," he wrote.

Frank also said he would like to see the national party push states away from holding caucuses, calling them undemocratic compared to primaries.

"Personally, I have long felt that we should make our nomination process more democratic, both by doing away with votes cast by ex-officio delegates and by doing what we can to replace caucuses with primaries, which are much more voter friendly," Frank wrote.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersNYT editorial board remembers Ginsburg: She 'will forever have two legacies' Two GOP governors urge Republicans to hold off on Supreme Court nominee Sanders knocks McConnell: He's going against Ginsburg's 'dying wishes' MORE has criticized the role of superdelegates throughout his campaign and has argued they should vote in line with the state they represent.

Frank called that idea "unworkable."



"How do you do that? Who decides which one does what? I don't understand how that works," Frank told Politico.

"I don't think people have thought that through."

Sanders moved to remove Frank from the convention's rules committee in May, calling him an "aggressive attack surrogate" for the campaign of Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Momentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Warning signs flash for Lindsey Graham in South Carolina MORE, the presumptive Democratic nominee. The DNC rejected that request.

Frank has criticized Sanders for "outrageously McCarthyite" tactics and said support for the Vermont senator reflects a "lack of information."

Sanders won the majority of Democratic caucuses.