The Nation - News from March 7, 1986

The Democratic Party’s Executive Committee, over the objection of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, endorsed changes in their delegate selection rules for the 1988 presidential campaign. The changes, which must be approved by the full Democratic National Committee when it meets in Washington on Saturday, lowered the percentage of the vote candidates must receive in order to qualify for being awarded delegates from 20% to 15%. Jackson argued that the threshold should be lowered to no higher than 10%.