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magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 02:23 PM Feb 2016

precinct captain reports chaos, rule-breaking and fraud in Nevada caucus

All registration volunteers were Clinton supporters. They bypassed Sanders supporters and processed Clinton supporters first to get them in faster. They also had 3 precincts in a single room, which violated rules.


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precinct captain reports chaos, rule-breaking and fraud in Nevada caucus (Original Post) magical thyme Feb 2016 OP
And to those who insist on calling us Bernie supporters jwirr Feb 2016 #1
Kickin this comment(if that's possible) jhart3333 Feb 2016 #9
thats the problem PatrynXX Feb 2016 #38
This is pure and unadulterated corruption. Betty Karlson Feb 2016 #40
Kickin' for the truth! Faux pas Feb 2016 #2
This is how American democracy plays out. A stacked deck. nt valerief Feb 2016 #3
Whatever It Takes(tm) arcane1 Feb 2016 #4
It's the Clinton way. 840high Feb 2016 #7
Yes it is. MissDeeds Feb 2016 #18
Can't win on issues and policies....CHEAT! TEAM HILLARY! SammyWinstonJack Feb 2016 #22
Cheating for the establishment candidate? color me shocked. boomer55 Feb 2016 #5
More goddamn cheating. bunnies Feb 2016 #6
Need more videos. This is getting out of hand. jhart3333 Feb 2016 #8
K&R DJ13 Feb 2016 #10
The usual Clinton shenanigans. SoapBox Feb 2016 #11
Kicked. nt mariawr Feb 2016 #12
K&R Iwillnevergiveup Feb 2016 #13
K&R for DEMOCRACY Hiraeth Feb 2016 #14
K & R --- I'm posting a link to this report on my Facebook page. Petrushka Feb 2016 #15
Please Vote! Jezza Feb 2016 #16
12,000 state delegates selected to be broken out for the national delegates bigbrother05 Feb 2016 #23
80,000 voters showed up tommcc99 Feb 2016 #35
...and what happens when rules are violated? aspirant Feb 2016 #17
Nothing. blackspade Feb 2016 #19
The Caucus process is setup to favor the party...not the best candidate Roland99 Feb 2016 #20
K & R AzDar Feb 2016 #21
Caucuses must be replaced with Primaries Bernblu Feb 2016 #24
K/R!!! LovingA2andMI Feb 2016 #25
These violations and biases must be addressed. I think a clear pattern is here, attempting to throw peacebird Feb 2016 #26
Harry Reid put the fix in Wellstone ruled Feb 2016 #27
Yes. More each day. 840high Feb 2016 #33
This is just the beginning. Unknown Beatle Feb 2016 #28
Used to be that Republicans were the ones who couldn't win a fair fight. mac56 Feb 2016 #29
Wow. We need an election monitor. zentrum Feb 2016 #30
K&R Thank for posting Mbrow Feb 2016 #31
Spring Valley High School Las Vegas precinct 6674 - same experience tommcc99 Feb 2016 #32
K&R! Duval Feb 2016 #34
k&r platitudipus Feb 2016 #36
More CCC...CLINTON CAUCUS CORRUPTION! in_cog_ni_to Feb 2016 #37
By deathrind Feb 2016 #39
Caucus shenanigans Mthomas1011 Feb 2016 #41
I'm not from Nevada and have only passing familiarity with their caucus rules... mike_c Feb 2016 #42

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
1. And to those who insist on calling us Bernie supporters
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 02:30 PM
Feb 2016

whiners - screw you. This is no more whining that reporting robbing a bank is whining. Nor are we going to forget this. When things get even worse for Hillary as the election goes on - look back and learn. But it will be too late by then to change our attitudes at all.

Had enough dirty politics.

PatrynXX

(5,668 posts)
38. thats the problem
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 05:04 PM
Feb 2016

the Hillary nuts pretty much assume that if they tell you to f*** off , you'll forgive and forget later on. No , not really. Especiallly playing Karl Rove tactics in a DNC election. X_X no. Some might forgive but most won't forget. 15 yrs after Bush stole the election still haven't forgotten.

 

Betty Karlson

(7,231 posts)
40. This is pure and unadulterated corruption.
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 05:25 PM
Feb 2016

It stains the Democratic Party, and all this trickery leads to a most boased chair, who acts DINO all the time.

Third Way is fighting dirty because they know their time has gone. But like all tyrants, they refuse to go down without a scorched earth fight.

Petrushka

(3,709 posts)
15. K & R --- I'm posting a link to this report on my Facebook page.
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 03:41 PM
Feb 2016

More people need to be made aware of these violations.



Jezza

(30 posts)
16. Please Vote!
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 03:44 PM
Feb 2016

Certainly the most important take-away is the importance of getting people out to VOTE;

someone correct me, but i recall seeing on msnbc that somewhere around 12,000 total voters showed up.

a tactic learned from the GOP, is that when less voters show, the incumbent holds the ticket (pun intended).

bigbrother05

(5,995 posts)
23. 12,000 state delegates selected to be broken out for the national delegates
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 04:05 PM
Feb 2016

Multiple delegates for each prescient broken out based on the head count on site.

tommcc99

(48 posts)
35. 80,000 voters showed up
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 05:01 PM
Feb 2016

12,000 delegates go to the next level which is the county conventions and then there is a state convention. It is a real pain in the ass and I hope we can get it changed. The Nevada Democratic party is a joke.

Bernblu

(441 posts)
24. Caucuses must be replaced with Primaries
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 04:05 PM
Feb 2016

Caucuses are designed for life 150 years ago when more people lived on farms and there was no mass media. It made sense then to meet with your neighbors to talk about common interests and other issues. Today they only promote acrimony and corruption.

LovingA2andMI

(7,006 posts)
25. K/R!!!
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 04:11 PM
Feb 2016

And Double Kick As I Was Just Proudly Blocked From The Hillary Group (Proudly Because They Cannot Handle The TRUTH) and This Bernie from Clark, NV is telling the Truth About How Low The Clinton Campaign Is Willing TO Go To Slime Bernie Sanders.

It Is Shameful and Disgusting, however typical, remembering how 2008 was in South Carolina with Bill and Hillary Clinton.

One would think they have learned. It appears they did not. In fact they doubled down.

If Bernie does not win the nomination the Democratic Party Will NOT be the SAME and the Clinton's, her "supporters", the DNC and Debbie Wasserman Schultz will have NO ONE to BLAME but THEMSELVES.

Don't blame the voter for propping up a candidate that might not win the General. Blame your establishment politics.

peacebird

(14,195 posts)
26. These violations and biases must be addressed. I think a clear pattern is here, attempting to throw
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 04:13 PM
Feb 2016

The vote to Clinton.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
27. Harry Reid put the fix in
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 04:24 PM
Feb 2016

by making sure Culinary Union Members were allowed to take time during their shifts to caucus. Old Harry does not want Sanders as POTUS,it would upset the apple cart for the Dem establishment. Yes kiddies,the system seems to be rigged.

Unknown Beatle

(2,672 posts)
28. This is just the beginning.
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 04:36 PM
Feb 2016

First Iowa and then Nevada.

Something fishy went on in Iowa. First and foremost, the Iowa Democratic Party Chair is refusing to review caucus results is a huge Hillary supporter. People have short memories, she refuses and suddenly people forget. I haven't forgotten and I hope Sanders hasn't either. We need to keep the pressure on Andrea McGuire to release the caucus results. If we give in this easily, then cheating will continue.

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
30. Wow. We need an election monitor.
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 04:38 PM
Feb 2016

And we need a lot more Bernie observers on the ground. At every caucus site. Every election site.

What Karol Francisco reports will not go away and Bernie/we should not be passive about it.

Hope her letter gets in the right hands at Bernie Central. Meantime, it should be sent to local press, Maddow and MSNBC as perhaps it can get to be a news story. Isn't the kind of controversy the press loves?

I have to say—it does not surprise me at all. We need to get a lot more pro-active.

Mbrow

(1,090 posts)
31. K&R Thank for posting
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 04:39 PM
Feb 2016

and anyone else who might be collecting names .....feel fucking free to collect mine.

tommcc99

(48 posts)
32. Spring Valley High School Las Vegas precinct 6674 - same experience
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 04:58 PM
Feb 2016

I'm from precinct 6674 and we were at Spring Valley High school. There were at least 4 precincts in the gym It was confusing, disorganized, people were let into and then moved back out out of the room. The "preregistration did not work. People were moved from line to line because the folks at the table did not know what they were doing. People were angry frustrated and many people left.

during the caucus people were dismissed before delegates were selected until Bernie supporters stood up and explained that we had to select delegates to go to the next level. I don't know how calculated it was - but it was very discouraging and disheartening to see so much time money and effort on the part of volunteers go to complete waste due to the complete lack of preparation by the Nevada Democratic Party. They are a joke.

 

Duval

(4,280 posts)
34. K&R!
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 04:59 PM
Feb 2016

This has to be as sleazy as Republican crap. Hope someone in our MSM will bring this up, but I'm not holding my breath.


in_cog_ni_to

(41,600 posts)
37. More CCC...CLINTON CAUCUS CORRUPTION!
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 05:04 PM
Feb 2016

Thank you for posting this!

Obviously, she knows she can't win without CHEATING!

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

mike_c

(36,281 posts)
42. I'm not from Nevada and have only passing familiarity with their caucus rules...
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 06:05 PM
Feb 2016

...so perhaps someone else can clarify this, but wouldn't it have been Ms/Mr Francisco's responsibility as precinct captain to object to those rule violations and document them in place? It sounds like she/he might not have understood their duties very well.

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