on march 14, the clinton campaign issued a letter to the texas democratic party challenging the results of its precinct conventions. the letter proposed that the party delay the county and senatorial district conventions until it could provide the campaign with "presidential preference counts [that] can be made based on a review of each and every sign in sheet to determine eligibility of participants and delegates". texas democratic chairman boyd richie issued a statement on march 17 rejecting the proposal, stating that the texas democratic party "will not set up an unnecessary, ad hoc 'verification' process that could effectively disqualify delegates selected at their precinct conventions after the fact."