Prior to the 1984 Democratic National Convention , he was appointed by party chairman Paul G. Kirk to chair the " Fairness Commission , " one of many Democratic commissions created to reform the presidential nomination process . Fowler 's Fairness Commission banned winner-take-all districts in primaries and caucuses , expanded the reach of the 15 % threshold rule , and increased the number of convention superdelegates from 568 in 1980 to 650 in 1988 . Fowler also served as CEO of the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta
1988 Democratic National Convention
1988 Democratic National Convention
Donald Fowler