New plan offered to seat Michigan's Democratic delegates

WASHINGTON (CNN) - Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak proposed a plan Monday that would apportion his state's delegates to the Democrats' national convention by taking into account both the results of the state's January primary and the total popular vote of all primary contests nationwide.

In a proposal sent to Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, and to candidates Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama, Stupak proposed allotting 83 of Michigan's pledged delegates based on the January vote, and splitting the state's remaining pledged delegates and superdelegates - 73 total - based on the nationwide vote.

The DNC punished Michigan because it went against party rules. Under Stupak's proposal, Clinton would receive 47 delegates while Obama would be awarded 36. The rest would be divided according to the nationwide popular vote total after all the primaries are completed.

–By CNN's Alexander Mooney