{"id":1286,"date":"2017-05-06T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/06\/statement-from-dnc-unity-reform-commission-chair-and-vice-chair\/"},"modified":"2017-05-06T17:20:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T17:20:00","slug":"statement-from-dnc-unity-reform-commission-chair-and-vice-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/statement-from-dnc-unity-reform-commission-chair-and-vice-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from DNC Unity Reform Commission Chair and Vice Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unity Reform Commission Chair Jennifer O&rsquo;Malley Dillon and Vice Chair Larry Cohen:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are a party united by our values of inclusion and opportunity for all. And this weekend, we started working&nbsp;on an important process that will better prepare us for elections on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The 2016 primary season prompted the delegates of the Democratic National Convention to call for a review of our Party&rsquo;s nominating process, with a specific focus on ensuring the system is accessible, transparent, and inclusive. This review will be conducted by the members of the Unity Reform Commission, which we jointly chair.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Unity Reform Commission will be making recommendations on several important areas that will allow us to continue building an inclusive Democratic Party moving forward.&nbsp; More specifically, these recommendations will concentrate on the following areas:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Increasing participation in the presidential nominating process<br \/>\nEmpowering the party and its candidates to be more competitive in all regions<br \/>\nInvolving new and unaffiliated voters<br \/>\nReviewing the role of unpledged delegates in the presidential nominating process<br \/>\nSupporting redistricting efforts<br \/>\nBroadening the base of the party at the grassroots level<br \/>\nExpanding the DNC&rsquo;s donor base<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In today&rsquo;s political climate, it is more important than ever that Democrats get serious about our party, our values, and our future, and the meetings of this weekend was a productive first step in that direction.&nbsp;We look forward to getting to work with the diverse and talented members of the Unity Reform Commission to fortify our party to meet every electoral challenge ahead.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unity Reform Commission Chair Jennifer O&rsquo;Malley Dillon and Vice Chair Larry Cohen: &nbsp; &ldquo;We are a party united by our values of inclusion and opportunity for all. And this weekend, we started working&nbsp;on an important process that will better prepare us for elections on the horizon. &nbsp; &ldquo;The 2016 primary season prompted the delegates of <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Statement from DNC Unity Reform Commission Chair and Vice Chair - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/statement-from-dnc-unity-reform-commission-chair-and-vice-chair\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-06T17:20:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/statement-from-dnc-unity-reform-commission-chair-and-vice-chair\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/statement-from-dnc-unity-reform-commission-chair-and-vice-chair\/\",\"name\":\"Statement from DNC Unity Reform Commission Chair and Vice Chair - 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