Rachel says reports of precincts without chairs is inaccurate. Right now they are taking

[valerief]

results from chairs. More to come.

Doesn't explain why Dem counts are taking so long.

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Now Tweety is saying the chairs go to bed without reporting the results. WTF????

[uppityperson]

1. Maybe they want to be accurate vs fast?

[valerief]

3. Why does it take hours to count a small precinct when people went home

before 9?

[joshcryer]

2. Wonder where that crap originated then.

[valerief]

4. Kate someone on MSNBC reported it. nt

[bkkyosemite]

9. The Dem party called Bernie's camp before they got on the

plane and CNN talked to Bernie's head person.

[Motown_Johnny]

11. It sounds like the DNC asked the campaigns to help verify the results

of some of the precincts, and that was taken as if they did not have chairpersons assigned.

It may just be a misunderstanding, but it does look like more DNC incompetence.

[joshcryer]

16. The campaigns handle doing the counts.

Not the DNC.

[bkkyosemite]

5. They also just said some are sayng they are both at 49.7 a tie

[Ed Suspicious]

6. I thought they literally counted heads. Is that not the case?

[valerief]

8. They do. And counted them hours and hours ago. And most places only have a few heads to count.

Very fishy.

[joshcryer]

20. I don't have cable but it sounds like someone forgot to sign off on a count.

Would really appreciate a clarification here, because it's really hard to fuck this up (and it's also really easy to game it; be a minority, wait until enough people leave the caucus before the tabulation, and call for a recount, etc).

I hate caucusing. Hate, hate, hate it.

[winter is coming]

7. But she also said the state party was asking the campaigns for help locating the chairs.

So they're convinced people were there but don't know how to find them.

[valerief]

12. Tweety said they go to bed without reporting results cuz they can't use the Microsoft app

or the phone line is busy. Bullshit!

[winter is coming]

15. Yep. Worst case, they could email a party official and say, "Call me for verification." n/t

[SamKnause]

13. Are they home in bed ???

This is just too crazy !!!!

The election process in this country is a joke, a cruel joke.

[bkkyosemite]

18. CNN is changing their story now.

Now they are saying that the Chairs of those precincts are being contacted and are they are collecting the counts. So there must have been miscommunication I dunno They keep changing the story.

[SamKnause]

10. That just added to the confusion.

Did the Democratic party reps. leave before the count ???

Are they home in bed ???

What the hell is going on ???

[valerief]

14. I think this is bullshit. They're fucking with the vote and using this bullshit explanation. nt

[SamKnause]

17. Did you hear about the 3 separate coin tosses rule used at 3 separate

locations ???

All 3 favored Hillary.

[valerief]

19. Yep. Now they have chairs going to bed and not reporting results. Sanders has been GORED. nt

[SamKnause]

22. Now the count is up to 6 coin tosses and Hillary won all 6.

[valerief]

26. So those are all votes taken away from Sanders.

[SamKnause]

32. It is not votes, it is delegates he lost.

An extra delegate is awarded to whoever wins the coin toss in the

case of a tie.

If I heard them correctly, they said this is the first time the coin toss

rule has been used !!!

6 times so far tonight.

That just doesn't seem right.

[valerief]

33. Right! Votes convert to delegates, unless it's a coin toss. nt

[bkkyosemite]

21. Yes and Benie needs to do something about that one too.

I think Bernie won.

[SamKnause]

23. The count is up to 6, all went to Hillary.

[Ed Suspicious]

24. 6

[hollysmom]

25. as far as people going to bed without reporting results

in this one particular day, it might be possible that they went home before the blizzard that is on the way.

[valerief]

27. They have phones at home. nt

[hollysmom]

28. Idon't know the rules - can they report it from their home, what about the app?

does that come home with them? do they have to get signed copies from all candidates reps before sending them in? I am not from Iowa, I have no idea of the details.

[valerief]

29. I don't know either. nt

[hollysmom]

30. there you have it, we are both talking out of our ass!

[valerief]

31. Ha! I thought that was a given!

[Lucinda]

34. TY n/t