Posted on 02/17/2020 10:18:56 AM PST by Mariner
LAS VEGAS - With the Nevada caucuses days away, campaign officials and Democratic activists are increasingly alarmed that they might prove a debacle as damaging as the vote in Iowa, further setting the party back in its urgent effort to coalesce around a nominee to take on President Donald Trump.
Campaigns said they still have not gotten the party to offer even a basic explanation of how key parts of the process will work. Volunteers are reporting problems with the technology that's been deployed at the last minute to make the vote count smoother. And experts are raising serious questions about an app the party has been feverishly assembling to replace the one scrapped after the meltdown in Iowa.
"It feels like the [state party is] making it up as they go along," said one Democratic presidential aide, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the process. "That's not how we need to be running an election."
Adding to the challenge is the complexity of Nevada's caucuses. Unlike in Iowa, where caucuses are conducted in one evening, Nevadans have the option of voting early. At sites across the state, Democrats can rank their top presidential choices on a paper ballot.
On Saturday, caucus day, Democrats can gather at one of about 2,000 sites to vote for their preferred candidate. If their first choice doesn't get enough backing, voters can throw their support behind someone else, a second round of voting known as "final alignment." Early voting preferences will be treated the same way, as though the voter were attending in person.
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Early voting with each voter selecting their 1st, 2nd, 3rd choice etc. will have their priorities reflected on caucus night.
All captured, collated, and tabulated on a cloud app they bolted together in a few days. And didn't train anybody on it, nor take a trial run.
Ripe for fraud on a grand scale. Or potentially worse for Democrats, complete chaos.
Democrats are both too corrupt and too stupid to be trusted with the republic.
poor bernie is going to get porked again.
I’m no expert on the vagaries of Dem politics, just like I cannot read the future by looking closely at dog turds, but these folks are playing with fire.
There's one party imploding, but they find a way to make it
sound like two with that headline.
Agreed.
As for me, the job is to make sure EVERY paesano votes on Staten Island to get our house seat back.
The part of brooklyn that is in our district is now filled with russians and they vote dem.
Staten Island went almost 60 percent Trump.
Running a guy who just got out of jail probably wasn’t a great idea for Rs
I HATE this guy Rose.
This is one that should flip.
I would argue that in the overall scheme of things, Nevada doesn’t really matter.
Socialism has failed around the world for well over 100 years.
The general sense from socialists is that the idea of socialism is certainly sound and could run all aspects of your entire life — if only the right people were in charge.
The Democrats running these caucuses? They aren’t the right people to put in charge of your entire life.
further setting the party back in its frantic effort to congeal around a nominee...
“Nevada doesnt really matter”
Perception matters more than anything to Democrats.
Will the process be perceived as fair, unbiased?
Will the process and its owners be perceived as competent and efficient?
BTW, why did this process work in all previous contests, and is only causing problems now? And what is going on the Republican side?
“And what is going on the Republican side?”
Trump wins.
Other than that, nobody is putting much time or effort towards the primaries. Why waste resources?
Trump wins.
Is Trump planning a rally in Nevada during the week?
It's a great strategy--upstaging the Dems and bolstering support at the same time.
Dems always fighting the last war.
“Is Trump planning a rally in Nevada during the week?”
Friday the 21st. The day before the caucus.
Full court press is on to deny Breadline Bernie his momentum while Hillary gets taken out of mothballs. It’s an EMERGENCY situation!
“Dems always fighting the last war.”
They believed they nominating Clinton or her VP for reelection.
Impeachment and TDS sidetracked them and drained all their energy so they neglected to do any real prep for the next election.
“Full court press is on to deny Breadline Bernie his momentum while Hillary gets taken out of mothballs. Its an EMERGENCY situation!”
That is as good a reason as any as they melt into the pavement.
“further setting the party back in its frantic effort to congeal around a nominee...”
The nominee will be decided by the super delegates in Milwaukee.
Just before Bernie’s Bros. burn it to the ground.
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