Still no cash for Sanders' 4; checks in mail, state party says [View all]

Supporters of former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders say the Democratic Party of Arkansas broke its promises and withheld financial support it had publicly promised to provide.

Party spokesman H.L. Moody acknowledged his organization missed the payment deadline it had set but said the problem now has been addressed.

"The checks have been mailed and we apologize for the late nature of the checks, and once {the Sanders supporters} get them hopefully we can put this story to rest," he said Thursday.

Last month, three Sanders delegates to the Democratic National Convention and one pro-Sanders member of the convention's Rules Committee claimed that they had been denied the $250-per-person subsidies that were provided to other Arkansas Democratic activists who traveled to Philadelphia.

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