David Bright

DENVER -- There was one delegate who didn’t come to Denver.

David Bright, a delegate for Barack Obama from Dixmont, said that with all the rain Maine has been hit with, he had to stay home to take care of his farm.

He said he is working on a number of construction projects that need to get done, and they affect the long-term productivity of his business.

Maine’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention are on both sides of the fence when it comes to having a roll call vote for Hillary Clinton.

Presumptive nominee Barack Obama’s campaign made the announcement along with Clinton’s campaign that Clinton’s name will be submitted for nomination in the first round of balloting.

Before the announcement was officially made, PolitickerME sent out an e-mail survey to all of the elected DNC delegates.

Two Clinton supporters responded, and both favored a roll call vote. Seven Obama supporters responded. Three favored a roll call, three opposed it and one would not comment on the issue.

AUDIO: Bright tells PolitickerME about the ousting

Not only was David Bright bounced from the Maine State Democratic Committee, but from the executive committee as well.

The conservative discussion board As Maine Goes broke this tidbit yesterday, when Bright provided a statement to AMG Editor Scott Fish by request. Bright then referred others to this statement.

Bright was removed from these committees at last week’s meeting because, according to him, he was a supporter of Herb Hoffman, who was an independent candidate for U.S. Senate up until yesterday when the Maine Supreme Court ruled that enough of his signatures were invalid to remove him from the ballot.

A.J. Higgins of MPBN has this scoop about two Maine Democratic Party State Committee members were ousted from their posts earlier this week for supporting independent candidate Herb Hoffman.

Executive Director Arden Manning told Higgins that it was a conflict of interest for David Bright and Lu Bauer to sit on the committee while supporting an opposition candidate. Issues may arise, he said, while sitting in on leadership meetings where strategy could be discussed.

Bright disagreed about his access to information about private strategies.

“This is not an isolated incident,” Bright said. Bright is a delegate to the Democratic National Convention for Barack Obama.

For more information, including a quote from the Republican Party, check out the MPBN story here.

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