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pinebox

(5,761 posts)
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 11:42 AM Feb 2016

Iowans claim instances when Sanders was shorted delegates

Ummmmm I think this may need to be looked into, like NOW.

Iowans claim instances when Sanders was shorted delegates
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/02/06/iowans-claim-instances-when-sanders-shorted-delegates/79902080/

Keane Schwarz is certain he knows the outcome of the vote in his precinct: He was the lone caucusgoer in Woodbury County No. 43.
But the Iowa Democratic Party's final results state that Hillary Clinton won one county delegate and Bernie Sanders received zero.
"I voted for Bernie," Schwarz, 36, of Oto, told The Des Moines Register. “It was really suspicious … I’m actually pretty irate about it.” Some complaints that Iowa Democrats have shared with the Register about discrepancies in caucus results appear to be valid. Others stem from confusion over how the math-heavy delegate-awarding system works in the Democrats' caucus process.
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Iowans claim instances when Sanders was shorted delegates (Original Post) pinebox Feb 2016 OP
DK: Top Journalists Said Bernie Won: amborin Feb 2016 #1
All it takes is three or four of these "oopsies," and Hillary can't claim she won anymore. reformist2 Feb 2016 #2

reformist2

(9,841 posts)
2. All it takes is three or four of these "oopsies," and Hillary can't claim she won anymore.
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 12:12 PM
Feb 2016

The official delegate count was 701/697.

There are now several claims of single-delegate precincts being misallocated, or multi-delegate delegations being transposed (e.g., 8-7 for Bernie being recorded as 8-7 for Hillary.)

Each single-delegate misallocation changes the result by 1. Each transposition error actually closes the gap by 2.
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