LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Democrats are almost sure to be stripped of their delegates to next summer's Democratic National Convention when they present their plan for the Jan. 15 primary to a national committee on Saturday.

Democratic National Committee member Debbie Dingell and U.S. Sen. Carl Levin have asked the DNC to waive its policy of penalizing states that move up their presidential contests, but "we anticipate that they won't give us a waiver," Dingell said Friday.

Florida, which will hold its primary Jan. 29, already has seen its 210 Democratic delegates and superdelegates stripped by the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee. Michigan would lose seats for 128 Democratic delegates and 28 superdelegates.

It's likely Michigan Democrats on Saturday also will lose their allotted hotel space for the Aug. 25-28 national convention in Denver.

But state Democratic Chairman Mark Brewer isn't worried the hotel space or the delegates and superdelegates will be lost for good. He expects the Democratic presidential nominee will insist the state's delegates be seated and be given a hotel in which to stay.

Michigan is pushing ahead with its primary even though four Democratic candidates — Joe Biden, John Edwards, Barack Obama and Bill Richardson — withdrew from the ballot to satisfy Iowa and New Hampshire, which were unhappy Michigan was challenging their leadoff status on the primary calendar.

None of the Democratic candidates are campaigning in Michigan for the same reason, although that hasn't kept GOP candidates out of the state.

Dingell and Levin have argued for years that Iowa and New Hampshire need to give up their fiercely guarded first-in-the-nation status so other, more diverse states can have an earlier say in the presidential selection process.

"We're already focused on what this means for 2012," Dingell said. "There is agreement that we need to change the process permanently."

Dingell and Levin said it's unfair of the DNC to penalize Michigan and Florida for challenging party rules requiring most states to vote Feb. 5 or later, when no penalty was placed on Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

The three states had permission to hold their elections in January, but all moved their elections ahead of their scheduled dates once Florida and Michigan moved up their elections.

The Republican National Committee is taking away half the delegates from Michigan, New Hampshire, Florida, South Carolina and Wyoming for moving up their dates. Iowa will not be penalized because its Jan. 3 caucuses technically are nonbinding, and the same is true of Nevada on Jan. 19.