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At a contentious meeting of the DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee held at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC, on May 31, 2008, Ickes voted in favor of a compromise resolution to allow the Florida delegation to be seated with each delegate having one half vote giving presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton ( NY ) 105 pledged delegates ( 52. 5 votes ), candidate Sen. Barack Obama ( IL ) 67 delegates ( 33. 5 votes ), and former Sen. John Edwards ( NC ) 13 delegates ( 6. 5 votes ); and against a resolution proposed by the Michigan Democratic Party to seat the Michigan delegation with 69 delegates ( 34. 5 votes ) pledged to Sen. Clinton and 59 delegates ( 29. 5 votes ) for Sen. Obama ( IL ) at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO, in August, 2008.
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