Posted on 01/19/2008 11:11:39 AM PST by NoLibZone
Today, the Ron Paul 2008 campaign is calling on the Nevada State Republican Party to re-examine what it calls multiple inconsistencies in the Nevada Caucus process, and to consider postponing the caucus, which is scheduled for Saturday, January 19.
“The inconsistencies, errors and multiple changes in the rules reek of playing politics with the what should be a neutral process,” said Ron Paul 2008 campaign manager Lew Moore. “The people of Nevada deserve to know exactly what the rules are and to know that those rules are being fairly enforced. This has not happened up to this point, and the caucus appears to be in chaos.”
Paul’s campaign says that the problem of multiple rule changes is being compounded by other inconsistencies and errors in the process. Many Nevada Republicans have received postcards with incorrect information about their caucus location, and the Nevada GOP website had incorrect caucus locations listed as late as Wednesday, January 16.
Additionally, one or more county chairs have expressed concerns over an insufficient number of ballots, and the Ron Paul campaign has heard reports that rural counties are short of ballots, while Clark County precincts were given what is regarded as far too many ballots.
The Ron Paul campaign has learned that the Nevada Republican Party has changed the rules for eligibility requirements for caucusing three times since January 9. Last summer when the January 19 caucus was set, the Nevada GOP announced that caucus would be closed and only for Republicans who had registered by December 19.
On January 10, 2008, a caucus director for the Nevada Republican Party reversed the earlier policy and anounced a new standard by stating that any person who asserts that they are a registered Republican in the precinct but cannot be found in the voter rolls that the Republican party has, would be able to participate if they signed an affidavit attesting to the fact that they were a registered Republican. Then, on January 15 the Ron Paul campaign received communication from the state party that the affidavits would not be used.
However, on January 17 the policy was changed for a third time, as the state party announced that affidavits would be in use throughout the state, subject to the discretion of county central committees and chairs.
The Nevada Republican Party is changing the rules from week to week, and currently the rules will not even be uniform across the state, as eligibility rules may differ from county to county.
Given the caucus location confusion – with potential caucus participants not knowing where to go – and the new rule effectively allowing anyone to get a ballot, the Ron Paul campaign is concerned that the confusion surrounding the caucus will both disenfranchise voters and make the election particularly susceptible to vote fraud.
The caucus was a disaster, from my personal observations. The Paul people were the only ones with a clue or a plan.
This was a Charlie Foxtrot, and future turnout will be abysmal.
What a goof.
Ron Paul is an embarrassment, to libertarians everywhere.
Why didn’t Paul just send in his SA to bust up the voting?
Too late.
Well, PaleoCon1, looks like you called it right. Paul is screaming fraud already.
“This was a Charlie Foxtrot, and future turnout will be abysmal.”
I realize you have every bias -—er, reason-— to say so.
This proves he is a Libtard.
Loss means fraud.
Sound familiar?
He gets into real redneck country and starts up this $hit?
No way that Paul will survive the Red State America filter.
Since Fox declared Romney the winner at 9:00AM NV time, I’d say this is just a bit late.
“This was a Charlie Foxtrot, and future turnout will be abysmal.”
I realize you have every bias -—er, reason-— to say so.
If I hadn’t spoken up in support of Fred, the only voice in my precinct (and the adjacent one in the same facility) would have been for RP.)
The RP supporters were the only ones who had a plan to exploit the incompetent process. They won, in a way that exit polling won’t show. And I’m not happy about it.
Why is this not a surprise coming from the Kook Paul people?
The article is dated yesterday.
I don’t know what RuPaul’s bitching about, he get’s 3rd, ahead of Thompson. Again.
votes
Romney 526
McCain 185
Paul 159
Huckabee 112
Thompson 116
Guiliani 40
Hunter 21
http://www.nvgopcaucus.com/results
Pretty pathetic way for Paul to shoot himself in his own foot. He is coming in 2nd out there.
The winner has been declared, it’s over but why not postpone anyway.
I was just looking at the FoxNews results. Romney is walking away with it. He has about 45%. Oddly, though, Paul is in second place, with 15%. He’s beating McCain.
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