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Quota clash hinders 1976 Democratic rules
Deliberations in Gaithersburg over removing quotas for women minorities and youth split the drafting committee. An 8 to 5 vote favored dropping targeted participation language, but three absentees left the result uncertain. The full commission and the party’s national committee later face the issue. Governor Gilligan proposed neutral language and Jane Solomon’s bid to keep both phrases failed.
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Gaithersburg, Md
Democratic National Committee
Baltimore
Barbara Mikulski
John J. Gilligan
Ohio
Jane Solomon
New Hampshire
Gilligan