Campaigns warn of chaos ahead of the Nevada caucuses

[RandySF]

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 back the party in its urgent effort to coalesce around a nominee to take on President 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.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/campaigns-warn-of-chaos-ahead-of-the-nevada-caucuses/2020/02/16/ef78ef52-50c8-11ea-929a-64efa7482a77_story.html

[Still In Wisconsin]

1. Awesome. More self-inflicted wounds.

Trump's campaign staff must be sitting back and laughing their asses off.

[33taw]

2. Caucuses suck.

[pnwmom]

3. Sigh. This is why, during decades in WA, we only attended 2 caucuses.

Our first caucus was a joke. Our last, in 2016, was super frustrating. (All the delegates were assigned by the caucuses that Bernie won, even though Hillary had won the primaries.)

I am so glad we won't have to do that again. Can't wait to see my first paper primary ballot!

[Deero]

4. NV is way better than Iowa

since they allow for an early vote. That will allow anyone to participate who wants to regardless of their ability to dedicate all of that time on a given night to attending a caucus, especially in a state where so many people work during evening hours.

Really, all they have to be able to do is count and submit votes. Just have plenty of phone lines and people available to take the calls and anything that goes wrong with the tech won't matter.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Amazing how the Washington Post has a story of

doom a week before . So,no matter how soothingly Saturday goes,it will be still a disaster? Been to two previous Caucus here in Nevada,nothing happened that would warrant a negative Story.

[Cha]

6. KR