As you may be aware, the Maryland Democratic Party (MDP) recently posted on their website for public comment the draft Delegate Selection Plan for the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. The plan is available for your review at www.mddems.org.

As part of this year's plan, the MDP Rules Committee has suggested an aspirational goal for the inclusion of 13 youth delegates from Maryland to next year's convention. This is a material change from the 2004 Delegate Selection Plan, where no such goal for youth delegates was included. As such, the Young Democrats of Maryland Executive Board is strongly urging adoption of the draft Delegate Selection Plan.

President Jennifer Kramer and Executive Vice-President Stephen Thibodeau, as part of the MDP Affirmative Action Committee and MDP Rules Committee, respectively, worked hard to ensure that the youth provision language was part of this year's draft plan. We are asking you, as a Young Dem or Young Dem supporter, to contact Maya Goines, Executive Director of the MDP, as part of the public comment period to urge adoption of the plan at the next Maryland State Democratic Central Committee meeting on June 16th, 2007.

This is a great step to ensure that youth have a voice in the upcoming Presidential race as well as encourage further participation and inclusion in the Maryland Democratic Party. We are so excited that MDP has taken this step, and our full support for this step should be voiced.

The public comment period runs until June 15th, 2007. Please submit your comments in support of the plan to webdem@mddems.org, or via fax to 410-280-8882.