Voters turned away at Washington caucus sites.

[RandySF]

Kennewick About 1,500 people were turned away from pooled Benton County caucuses in Kennewick by event organizers after rooms at the Three Rivers Convention Center reached capacity this morning.

Some potential caucus voters said they arrived at 9 a.m. to find the large hallways at the convention center packed to the rafters and were told no more people could enter the caucus rooms.

Ray Swenson, a Richland lawyer, criticized local GOP officials for poor organization and said the results today should be invalidated.

"I think it's illegal," Swenson shouted to a gathered crowd, many of whom were filming him with cell phone cameras. "The Republican party leadership is taking away our freedom."

Swenson told the Herald he may file a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the caucus results.



http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/03/03/1849623/politics-hundreds-turned-away.html#storylink=cpy

[lumberjack_jeff]

1. Wanna bet that it was the Romney supporters who got the memo?

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Rachael will have a ball with this

Another notch on her "GOP election irregularities" list.

[nolabear]

3. It appears these people can't find their butts with both hands.

It's things like this give me hope.

Btw I live in Seattle and the Democrats are out in FORCE signing up voters.

[Suich]

4. Did you notice all the Gingrich ads on TV yesterday?

First ones I'd ever seen!

[pnwest]

5. i saw the first political ad at 8pm on the

evening before the caucus. Seemed kinda pointless at that stage in the game...laughable.

[mick063]

6. Kennewick is part of the Tri-Cities.

It isn't an isolated, tiny town. It is also a small pocket of GOP turf. A conservative region of Washington State. A region that the GOP must have good organization for any hopes of carrying the state.

In this area, there is ample room in TRAC, Toyota convention center, or the Toyota center (arena).

It isn't like there are not several facilitys capable of adequately supporting the event.

Determined folks with purpose do not allow such things to happen. This indicates to me that GOP incompetency extends beyond their candidates and reaches all of the way down to the volunteers at the grass roots level. Their hearts are not in to it, hence, they are doing a half assed job.