"Georgia, on the other hand, is one of the most important battleground states and is more racially diverse than South Carolina," the group says. "If Biden's proposal to supplant the New Hampshire primary as first-in-the-nation were truly about diversity and not about improving his own prospects for renomination, he would be promoting a state other than South Carolina to be first."
Joe Biden set to encounter 'Don't Run Joe' protests at DNC's annual meeting
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In 2008, the DNC initially declared the delegates from those states would not be counted, but later revised the stance so half of the delegates were seated.
Who will blink first? Battle over N.H.'s first-in-the-nation primary set for DNC winter meeting
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