Zis is KAOS!!!
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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Zis is KAOS!!!
Hasn’t Nevada done this for decades? Why is it suddenly a complete mess?
They aren’t picking the guy they are supposed to pick.
“BTW, why did this process work in all previous contests, and is only causing problems now? “
Apparently, a former Hillary consultant sold the party on how much slicker things would be if it was all done the modern way, with an app. The old way was also way easier to prove who had actually won by making a recount. (Provided there wasn’t an entire box of ballots “discovered” the trunk of a car that totally changed the results.)
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Then they each call in or email in the results, and someone at HQ adds all of the totals.
What other technology is required?
As long as a trusted representative of each candidate at each polling place can see that the votes are being tallied and sent on correctly then everything should go smoothly.
There are certain things which don't require computers, and where computers actually make things less transparent and more complicated than necessary.
Early voting selecting first, second and third choices is in total contradiction with the concept of a caucus!
The reason—the caucus is an opportunity for campaigns below the 15% to make one-on-one pitches to members of other caucuses to consolidate behind one candidate.
If people are not in attendance they are not available for that discussion.
The large number of candidates make this a critical disaster.
Dumbocrats—you just can’t fix stupid!
Early voting is new—fatal error.
Switching counting methods two weeks before the caucus is new—fatal error.
The large number of candidates compounds the complexity—chaos theory in action!
“Campaigns warn of chaos ahead of Nevada caucuses”
indeed, chaos is highly likely:
8 Sept 2019: Fox Life Liberty & Levin: Dr. Robert Epstein on Google’s ability to affect the outcome of elections
TRANSCRIPT
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/dr-robert-epstein-on-googles-ability-to-affect-the-outcome-of-elections
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