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In reply to the discussion: BREAKING NEWS: Hawaii Democrats pick Bernie Sanders [View all]Turbineguy
(39,736 posts)may not have picked Sanders. The DNC has a special system in place to protect themselves from the desires of the voters. How republican of them.
ATTENTION WA VOTERS & ELECTED DELEGATES: Many people have been asking why only 31 delegates out of 101 in the state of Washington have been distributed, of which Bernie got 23 and Hillary got 8. Here is the thing: WA state has 3-level caucus system before we are heading to the National Convention in July. What we had today was Precinct Caucuses - delegates were selected among the people proportional to the popular votes. The NEXT level would be Legislative District Caucuses and County Conventions, taking place on Apr 17th and May 1st respectively. Our Bernie delegates and alternates MUST show up at the LD caucuses to represent; if we did not show up, the delegates would be re-distributed to the opponent's side. More pledged delegates will be distributed according to the LD caucus on Apr 17th! The THIRD level would be Congressional District (CD) Caucuses, during which the remaining number of delegates will be distributed proportionally to the caucus. To summarize: 1. Only 31 delegates were distributed today because there are 2 more upper caucuses taking place in WA. Same format, higher levels. 2. Those who were elected to be Bernie's delegates: on Sunday Apr 17th, PLEASE show up at the LD Caucuses with DELEGATE CARDS you received today to continue this journey! We CANNOT afford no-shows! LARGE TURNOUT = LARGE WIN. The same applies to CD Caucuses coming in May 21st (Saturday). 3. If you were elected delegate and did NOT receive a delegate card, PLEASE contact your caucus location and precinct captain to ask for your card.