How the 2016 Minnesota Caucuses Worked

[MineralMan]

6. I like paper ballots. They provide a trail that can be verified.

Now, I have no idea what happened to the folded paper improvised ballot my precinct caucus used after they were sent to the state party headquarters. For all i know, they're still in boxes marked 2016.

Caucus votes are clumsy, to be sure, but they were on paper. Probably some people voted in the wrong precinct, but that doesn't really matter all that much. That their votes were recorded on paper does matter.

the Minnesota caucuses that year did not represent the opinions of the voters, though, because too few people participated. That is the fundamental problem with the caucus system. It's not representative. Primaries are better, although turnouts are still too low in them.