LANSING (AP) -- Former Michigan Senator Donald Riegle has sent a letter to the head of the Democratic National Committee and its rules committee calling Michigan's Jan. 15 primary a sham.
Riegle says Michigan voters would be further disenfranchised if the election results were used to allocate the delegates. He supports candidate Barack Obama.
Current Michigan Senator Carl Levin said Tuesday he disagrees with his former colleague. Levin supports a plan he and other Michigan Democratic leaders drew up to give Obama 59 of Michigan's pledged delegates while 69 go to Hillary Rodham Clinton.
The rules committee meets Saturday to hear appeals on why the Michigan and Florida delegations should be seated. Both states were stripped of their delegates for moving up their primaries.
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