The report of the Credentials Committee, adopted by the Democratic Convention on August 27th, 1968, without debate, read:
This Committee recommends that the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee establish a Special Committee to:
A. Study the delegation selection processes in effect in the various states, in the context of the peculiar circumstances, needs and traditions in which each state’s laws and practices find their roots.
B. Recommend to the Democratic National Committee such improvements as can assure even broader citizen participation in the delegate selection process.
C. Aid the state Democratic parties in working toward relevant changes in state law and party rules.
D. Report its findings and recommendations to the Democratic National Committee and make them available to the 1972 Convention and the committees thereof….
Be it resolved, that this Convention instruct the Democratic National Committee that it shall include in the Call for the 1972 Convention the following addition to Section 1:
“It is the further understanding that a state Democratic party, in selecting and certifying delegates and alternates to the Democratic National Convention, thereby undertakes to assure that all Democrats of the state will have meaningful and timely opportunities to participate fully in the election or selection of such delegates and alternates.”
Be it further resolved, that the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee shall establish a Special Committee to aid the state Democratic parties in fully meeting the responsibilities and assurances required for inclusion in the Call for the 1972 Democratic National Convention, said Committee to report to the Democratic National Committee concerning its efforts and findings and said report to be available to the 1972 Convention and the committees thereof….
The minority report of the Rules Committee, adopted by the Democratic Convention on August 27th, 1968, read:
Be it resolved, that the Call to the 1972 Democratic National Convention shall contain the following language:
It is understood that a state Democratic party, in selecting and certifying delegates to the National Convention, thereby undertakes to assure that such delegates have been selected through a process in which all Democratic voters have had full and timely opportunity to participate. In determining whether a state party has complied with this mandate, the convention shall require that:
(1) The unit rule not be used in any stage of the delegate selection process; and
(2) All feasible efforts have been made to assure that delegates are selected through party primary, convention, or committee procedures open to public participation within the calendar year of the National Convention.