Darwin Forsyth
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Surreal to staff this one. Couldn't be prouder of the boss.
📢 This week on @BBBreakPod: 🔥 @mbrodkorb details the arson attack on his home. 🗳️ @darwinforsyth joins to unpack the mess at the Mpls DFL convention! 🎧 Listen now -> mbrdkrb.com/3UtxY1v 📺 This episode will be streamed on Facebook, X, and YouTube at 8 PM tomorrow!
Have you taken sensitivity training since celebrating a constituent’s murder?
Quoting MLK’s Letter From A Birmingham Jail as a means of mocking a black pastor running for office? Yikes. Really disappointing invective coming from Sheriff Witt’s IGR Director.
Maybe next time they could pick a venue that isn't Target Center and use those savings towards a real eBallot system and sandwiches under $40
Rash: Minneapolis DFL endorsement convention mess reflects poorly on our great city startribune.com/dsa-candidate-…
After two days of mocking anyone who questioned the voting numbers at the Minneapolis city convention, our local leftists have suddenly pivoted to "Yeah, yeah, everyone knew the numbers were wrong, but we decided not to redo it"
With 1030 delegates and alternates at the time of the first vote, the implication is that there were somehow ~580 delegates and 450 alternates with 220 empty seats. This is scarcely mathematically possible.
JUST IN: @Jacob_Frey's campaign formally asked @MinnesotaDFL to throw out Saturday's @MinneapolisDFL endorsement of @OmarFatehMN. Their protest centers on the assertion that some delegates' ballots almost certainly weren't counted at Saturday's convention.
JUST IN: @Jacob_Frey's campaign formally asked @MinnesotaDFL to throw out Saturday's @MinneapolisDFL endorsement of @OmarFatehMN. Their protest centers on the assertion that some delegates' ballots almost certainly weren't counted at Saturday's convention.
Imagine counting paper ballots and realizing there were 200 votes missing - 30% of the total. Would they insist on accepting those results if they did not favor their candidate?
This wasn't a typical goofy convention. It was a convention where no votes were taken and remotely close to properly counted. Perspective below from former Council Member and DeWayne Davis supporter Robert Lilligren:
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Tons of us, having been to DFL conventions before, were fully expecting the breakdown - someone I talked to basically laid out all the ways it would break in advance. But I was NOT expecting any problems to simply be rushed past like they were
The issue is that the convention rolled out an electronic voting system that seemed to break. No one is sure but many voters were not receiving confirmation emails their votes were recorded. (I voted four times and received one of the eight emails the system said I should get)
I don’t know how many delegates were on the floor when the vote was taken. That’s why, in normal proceedings, you get a credentials committee report before votes. But if there actually is a big gap between delegates and votes received it’s a REALLY BIG PROBLEM
The idea that less than 600 votes were cast in a room w/several hundred more delegates (not even including alternates). The Minneapolis DFL knows their system screwed up -- they're ditching it to do paper ballots -- but is moving forward anyway. It's not hard to figure out why.
I want to thank everyone who showed up to support my campaign. This election should be decided by our entire city, not by a handful of delegates. I look forward to a full debate with Sen. Fateh about our records and visions for our Minneapolis's future. Onward to November!
🗳️ Take: I've seen some poorly run conventions, but the Minneapolis DFL convention might take the crown. Many delegates couldn't vote or their votes weren't counted on the first ballot, resulting in a total breakdown that undermined the democratic process.
The @Jacob_Frey campaign intends to submit a challenge to the endorsement to the state party, per a campaign spokesperson
I support @Jacob_Frey for mayor but I’m not a politics sicko so I spent today biking with my son instead of waiting 12 hours in Target Center to cast a paper ballot.
The idea that less than 600 votes were cast in a room w/several hundred more delegates (not even including alternates). The Minneapolis DFL knows their system screwed up -- they're ditching it to do paper ballots -- but is moving forward anyway. It's not hard to figure out why.
.@Jacob_Frey's spokesperson @darwinforsyth on the mic: "There are fewer votes than there were delegates checked in, even if there were no alternates upgraded. The first ballot results are not valid." He moves to redo the first ballot — i.e. restore Davis, Hampton and Short
Apparently 200+ out of 800 delegates showed up and sat here for 7 hours not to cast a ballot.