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Iowa Democratic Party rejects audit of caucus vote (cheating ticks off socialists)
World Socialist Web Site ^ | 2/06/16 | Barry Grey

Posted on 02/07/2016 1:57:54 AM PST by Libloather

**SNIP**

McGuire, whose state organization, like the national party apparatus, is solidly behind Clinton, rejected the request, telling the Register in an interview Tuesday, "These are the final results." Democrats have never released actual head counts in Iowa caucuses, and McGuire flatly said they would not be released this time either.

On Thursday, the Register published an editorial headlined, "Something smells in the Democratic Party," denouncing state party officials for refusing to agree to an audit or release details of the voting. "What happened Monday night at the Democratic caucuses was a debacle, period," the Register wrote. "Democracy, particularly at the local party level, can be slow, messy and obscure. But the refusal to undergo scrutiny or allow for an appeal reeks of autocracy."

The newspaper argued that the results, with "two tenths of 1 percent [separating] Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton," were "too close not to do a complete audit of results." It continued: "Too many accounts have arisen of inconsistent counts, untrained and overwhelmed volunteers, confused voters, cramped precinct locations, a lack of voter registration forms and other problems."

The editorial alluded to the fact that ties for six county delegates were decided, in accordance with party caucus rules, by coin flips. Clinton won all six.

(Excerpt) Read more at wsws.org ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: caucus; democrat; iowa; vote
Socialists don't like socialism? That could be news.
1 posted on 02/07/2016 1:57:54 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Here’s two lovely ladies from the Des Moines Register trying to explain what happened at the Dem caucus, but without blaming the Dems who goofed up.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/02/05/iowa-margin-between-clinton-sanders-shifts-errors/79877898/


2 posted on 02/07/2016 2:11:33 AM PST by Atlantan
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To: Libloather
A commie power struggle. Usually, the losing side would be branded “factionalists” and sent to gulag, never to be heard again.
3 posted on 02/07/2016 2:14:21 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: Libloather

Hitlery won 6 coin tosses in a row fair and square, heads she won, tails Sanders lost.


4 posted on 02/07/2016 2:26:50 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Can we please kill the guy already who invented the saying "My bad"?)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I was thinking the same thing. Heads? I win. Tails? You lose.


5 posted on 02/07/2016 2:29:27 AM PST by SWAMP-C1PHER (HOMO, OECONOMIA, ET CIVITAS.)
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To: Libloather
""Something smells in the Democratic Party,""

Decomposing democrats?
6 posted on 02/07/2016 2:33:08 AM PST by clearcarbon
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

“Hitlery won 6 coin tosses in a row fair and square, heads she won, tails Sanders lost.”

Sanders’ followers, with no faculty for logic, were OK with Hillary’s proposal to settle the ties.


7 posted on 02/07/2016 3:00:14 AM PST by PTBAA
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To: clearcarbon

Hey its ‘Rats world deluxe in Demland and some of the vermin stole Bernie’s Iowan cheese. Its Hellary’s game and the old commie is just playing in it——for now. He’s still goes on kissing her butt as the weakling loser that he is.


8 posted on 02/07/2016 3:02:00 AM PST by tflabo (res about them)
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To: Libloather

Think of it as Bernie got his votes ‘redistributed’. Hellary’s goons went commie on Bernie and took his excess for the good of mother DNC. Pay your ‘fair share’ of votes Bernie like a good little worker bee for your queen.


9 posted on 02/07/2016 3:09:34 AM PST by tflabo (res about them)
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To: tflabo

With the long history of demodummies cheating on elections, does anyone think for one second these same demodummies would not cheat on their own kind? Really? They are just getting warmed up for events yet to come.


10 posted on 02/07/2016 3:12:21 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: Libloather

Socialists are okay with socialism as long as the boots are stepping on somebody else’s neck instead.


11 posted on 02/07/2016 3:15:24 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Libloather

12 posted on 02/07/2016 3:22:46 AM PST by RavenLooneyToon (Trump or Cruz, if you don't vote then STFU and leave the country, non-voters =non-Republic.)
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To: Libloather

They are doing a partial audit.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/02/05/iowa-margin-between-clinton-sanders-shifts-errors/79877898/


13 posted on 02/07/2016 3:26:06 AM PST by erlayman (yw)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

How degrading that it came to 6 coin tosses in a presidential caucus vote. Rats dont like when rats play dirty


14 posted on 02/07/2016 3:47:34 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: Libloather

The only thing I can figure is, they picked Bernie to run against Hillary just to try and make it look legit but never figured on Bernie outdoing the future convict. It all has backfired and they are having to resort to ‘in your face’ trickery to force the outcome to Hillary.


15 posted on 02/07/2016 4:10:19 AM PST by MagnoliaB (You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you might find, you get what you need.)
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To: MagnoliaB
The only thing I can figure is, they picked Bernie to run against Hillary just to try and make it look legit but never figured on Bernie outdoing the future convict.

Bingo. Bernie was just supposed to be a foil so the DEMe candidate could be shown "winning" the primary. It would provide zero publicity if Hillary were just handed the nomination and it would puncture the illusion the voters control the process.

However, the DEMe has now lost control of the process and it's not going according to plan. Much like the GOPe has lost control and they're preselected candidate Jeb(!) is now polling in single digits. The whole GOPe and DEMe control structure is in disarray and in danger of collapsing. Good.

16 posted on 02/07/2016 4:58:21 AM PST by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: Libloather
"Something smells in the Democratic Party"

It appears the dead voters have risen to vote in the Democrat primaries.

17 posted on 02/07/2016 5:06:11 AM PST by Senator_Blutarski
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Hitlery won 6 coin tosses in a row fair and square, heads she won, tails Sanders lost.

If you are a Hillery supporter they really believe she won even when pointed out how statistically improbable it was or any of the other funny shenanigans. They do not care she is possibly about to be indited, they do not care if it leads to a mess at their convention and Obama steps in to save the day.

They do care about the tiniest rumor on evil republicans.

18 posted on 02/07/2016 7:02:29 AM PST by Lady Heron
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