Update on my voter registration snafu

[CoffeeCat]

161. When I called the auditor's office yesterday

and discovered that I was never switched back from an R to a D, I was completely gobsmacked. I tried to recall when I switched my registration. This was four years ago. I knew that I had switched it right after an election. I asked my husband and he said he didn't remember when I switched. But we both knew I did. I knew it had been after an election and I assumed that the election I was remembering was the Republican caucus. I deduced that I switched a week later.

Obviously, that is not true. I see that. Again, this was four years ago, and I most likely switched shortly after the Romney/Obama GE, which was several months later. I am sorry that I got this wrong. I am doing my best to piece together all of this. As I said, when I called the auditor's office, I couldn't believe what she was telling me--that there was no record of me switching. It added another layer to this. I know that I did physically go to the auditor's office and switch.

It is fact though, that I did re-register as a Democrat, for the Iowa Caucus on Feb 1. I was not on the voter rolls. Hundreds of registered Democrats weren't on the rolls. I assumed that I was one of many who were simply left off the lists. So I did re-register as a Democrat on Feb 1. The auditor said she has no paperwork and no record of me switching on Feb 1.

It is also fact that I participated as a Bernie delegate at our County Convention on March 12. I picked up my credentials, checked in, in the morning and I assumed I was a registered Dem then. Then, in the afternoon all Bernie delegate credentials were re-checked with a fine tooth comb, because the Hillary people insisted on a one-on-one credential check. I passed this credential check.

Then, I find out in late April, after a call from a Bernie Sanders staffer in Iowa--that I was a registered Republican. This is fact. This is what happened.

Yes, I most likely misremembered when I switched back from R to D. I am doing my best. I made an incorrect deduction--based on my initial gut feeling that I knew I switched back after an election. This was four years ago. I'm reading my past DU posts and I didn't even remember that Michelle Bachman was in this, but I commented on her being one of the reasons that I participated.

My husband and I initially wanted to participate to see what it was like. We researched the candidates. I liked Paul's anti-neocon rhetoric and I thought I might support him. We both ended up voting for Huntsman.

This is what I know. I have tried to recall everything as best I can. I may have misremembered when I switched back---but that does not change the fact that I participated in the Feb 1 caucus and re-registered as a Dem (and there is no record of that), and that I participated as a Bernie delegate on March 12 as a Democrat and passed a credential check.

Some people are having a lot of fun with this. I am more than happy to answer questions. This is not some made up story. Do I know exactly what happened? I don't. I am still trying to figure this out.