The Nevada Democratic Party is having its volunteers sign nondisclosure agreements.

[JudyM]

“I know that this was also the case for some people who participated in the administration of the Iowa Caucuses, but obviously NDAs take on a more freighted meaning today given what a disaster the Iowa voting was. As a member of the media, I have to say, it never feels great to hear that a political party is trying to preemptively muzzle people who might be able to provide voters transparency on what goes well and what doesn’t.” ( CLARE MALONE 3:40 PM https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/nevada-caucuses-2020/261808/ )

As election volunteers stream into party headquarters near the Las Vegas Strip to pick up their election materials, including iPads that have been programmed to tally the caucus results, they’re being asked to sign a lengthy legal document prohibiting them from saying anything that might “impair or otherwise adversely affect the goodwill or reputation” of the party, according to the document viewed by The Washington Post. The agreement also prevents volunteers from speaking to the press and requires them to report any run-ins with reporters to higher ups, threatening legal action for any lack of compliance.

The unusual move to muzzle election workers has already caused at least three volunteers who spoke to The Post to quit in protest.

“I think it’s shady,” said Ziad Doumani, a retired firefighter and student who lives in Henderson, Nev., and volunteered to run one of the caucuses. While Doumani himself has not been asked to sign the NDA — so far, it has been reserved for “site leaders” who have shown up to pick up the materials — he said the lack of transparency is disturbing. “Why can’t we talk about it? Why are they being so secretive?”
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According to one of the volunteers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he feared retribution, state party officials refused to allow a site leader to walk out with his election materials unless he signed the NDA. At first, after the site leader complained, he was told by a staff member that signing the NDA was optional. But when the site leader said he did not intend to sign the document, a Democratic supervisor prohibited the person from picking up the materials he needed to conduct the caucus.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/21/nevada-ndas/

[evertonfc]

1. Banana Republic

[Hortensis]

2. What's the reason? No one likes nontransparency,

but we are literally involved in undeclared war with Russia, and today's most publicized battle is centered in Nevada. What is Russia doing and how are we fighting to keep them from victory?

Btw, if we lose this war, destruction will not be overseas. What happens to us will happen right here.

To us.

[Omaha Steve]

3. Nevada had questions in 2016 too

Shenanigans going on?

[Sloumeau]

4. Making people sign NDA's, especially if they were not warned about it...

in advance, seems to be an unwise move.

[Scotch-Irish]

5. Really bad move on the part of the national Dem party, if that's where they got their ideas from.

If it's from the Nevada party only, shame on them!!

[JudyM]

6. Hopefully it's not on suggestion from the national party.

[KewlKat]

7. Perhaps Warren can send them a blanket NDA release?