“Democracy depends on an informed electorate” - JFK.



The DNC is supplanting democracy yet again by manipulating the system against candidates fighting for diverse solutions.



We are seeing candidates froze out by DNC who are polling higher than past primary winners Clinton, Kerry and Carter at equal points in election cycles.



The DNC response is that they don’t have to be fair because they are private:



https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/dnc-argues-in-court-we-dont-owe-anyone-a-fair-primary-process



This is unconscionable to continue to let them dictate viability of candidates before voting even starts.



One solution is to invite the candidates to a more substantive inclusive discussion. However, the DNC will disqualify candidates from future DNC debates if they even share a stage with another candidate outside sanctioned ‘debates’.



We believe this clause limits critical access to free speech and is a blatant subversion of democracy.

The face that the DNC debates are widely criticized for not being fair or informative further illustrates the need for freedom of speech for candidates.



We are petitioning the DNC to allow candidate conversation to further public discourse by dropping their disqualification rule.