In Nevada, Ties at Caucus Sites Will Be Broken With a Card Game

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

As Nevada Democrats head to precinct sites in order to caucus for their party's 2020 presidential nomination, one obscure provision in the caucus rules is raising eyebrows: the role of card games in the selection process.

According to the state party's official caucus procedures, in the event of a statistical tie between two or more caucus groups vying for a delegate, a game of chance will be performed, namely a high-card draw.

Each presidential preference group subject to the tie will draw a single card from a deck of cards, and the delegate will go to the group drawing the highest card. Jokers and informational cards are removed, and aces are high.

In the case of identically ranked draws, the suit will determine the winner, which, ordered from highest to lowest, are: spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/in-nevada-ties-at-caucus-sites-will-be-broken-with-a-card-game/ar-BB10hdX2?li=BBnb7Kz

[Faux pas]

1. WTFF???

why not just flip a coin at the beginning and just not go thru all that voting and cacussing stuff

[Shermann]

2. Thought this was a joke

until CNN confirmed it.

[Moderateguy]

3. We need to do away with Caucuses

[Laelth]

4. Well, it IS Nevada.

What would you expect?



-Laelth

[Corgigal]

6. Almost kind of cute, for Nevada.

I guess they agreed to those rules.

[Laelth]

8. They do coin-tosses to break ties in Iowa.

Yes. I assume they agreed to these rules.

-Laelth

[Corgigal]

9. Would be a heart breaker to me,

but I guess it’s flipped and done. No, physical fights in hallways. Works, good for them.

[jmg257]

5. It was cool - in one in Reno, Bernie rep pulled a 2, and Pete's pulled a 3!!

[Fresh_Start]

7. it is better than that...one caucus with a coin flip had only one voter show up...

another with a coin flip only had two voters show up.