To the Phillip Jerez and the Florida State Democratic Party executive staff,
The Marianne Williamson Presidential campaign is writing in regard to the Florida Democratic Party’s single candidate submission to the Florida Secretary of State for the upcoming 2024 Presidential Preference Primary.
The Florida Democratic Party must TODAY submit or augment its candidate list for the 2024 Presidential Preference Primary to include Marianne Williamson as candidate for the Democratic Party Presidential Preference Primary.
The Florida State Party invoked the authority of an executive committee that made the decision not to include Marianne Williamson on the ballot.
There are no bylaws or stated provisions for such a committee to be vested with such powers in the Florida Democratic Party’s bylaws and charter.
The 2024 delegate plan on the state party’s website makes no stipulations or provisions for an executive committee’s authority on who can or who can’t run for president as a Democrat.
Executive Director Phillip Jerez promised to send an email drafting your decision and process in writing, by no later than the morning of November 30th. No such email has been delivered.
This is indicative of the unprofessional behavior and lack of transparency exhibited by the Florida Democratic Party.
The Marianne Williamson Campaign has made countless outreach communications to the Florida State Party, only to be met with silence. Only after public outreach via X (Twitter) did the state party respond on November 29th, one day before Florida’s ballot determination.
Such behavior does not uphold the party’s stated principals of inclusion, diversity, and democracy.
The U.S. Constitution only stipulates that a presidential candidate be a natural born citizen, be over 35 years old, and have been a resident for over 14 years.
Marianne Williamson has been the first announced candidate in the Democratic Party primary since February of 2023. She is polling in double digits and is on the ballot in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Nevada, Georgia, Oklahoma, and South Carolina.
According to Florida statute, the Florida Democratic Party’s submission of a single candidate will forfeit a Democratic presidential primary, which prevents the process in which Florida Democrats are supposed to select delegates for the national convention. This is in violation of the DNC’s 2004 Delegate Selection Rules.
To repeat: The Florida Democratic Party must TODAY submit or augment its candidate list for the 2024 Presidential Preference Primary to include Marianne Williamson as candidate for the Democratic Party Presidential Preference Primary.
Regards,
Carlos Cardona, for the Marianne Williamson for President Campaign