My reading of the bylaws does not give me any indication that schmaltzy prerecorded video clips can take the place of the tedious process outlined in this and other documents. Figuring out what words like “present” and “the floor” mean in the current environment is difficult enough, but even by the standards of Robert’s Rules-style meetings held over Zoom what we saw on Tuesday was not a formal meeting. It was a long television commercial.
Was an actual procedural roll call conducted earlier in the day (or the week) via teleconference, or was it taking place off-camera during the broadcast itself? Logistically speaking even that is difficult to imagine. There were 3,979 pledged delegates to this year’s convention. The most expensive Zoom subscription allows for a maximum of 500 participants, just barely enough to host California’s 494-person delegation. There is no obvious way that anything that took place remotely could have borne any meaningful resemblance to the party’s actual convention rules. It is interesting that no journalist as far as I am aware has looked into this question.
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