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Orlando (EON) – Florida’s state Democratic Party made the announcement on Sunday that they will go against the request of the national Democratic party and hold their presidential primary early, on January 29th.

This means that no Florida delegate will be seated at the next Democratic convention set for next summer. Apparently the state party does not care the slightest bit though.

Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Karen Thurman stated “We will be voting on January 29th with our candidates on the ballot. At the end of the day, we came down on the side of having a fair and open election.”

This came one month after the national party decided to strip Florida of its 210 delegates unless they changed the date. Party rules state only a few state primaries can be held before February 5th.

Michigan is also challenging the party as well with a January 15th primary scheduled.

Florida argues that this schedule allows for less populous states to have a disproportionate influence on who they select and nominate.