Nevada Republicans eye electoral mischief in the NV Caucuses

[book_worm]

The Nevada Democratic caucuses are tomorrow, and though no one can say with confidence what’s going to happen, the results are going to generate a lot of scrutiny. The Silver State was seen as a likely win for Hillary Clinton, but those expectations have changed quite a bit in recent weeks.

But Jon Ralston, an MSNBC political analyst and influential voice in Nevada media, this week introduced a possible wrinkle. In order to participate in the Democratic caucuses tomorrow, a Nevadan has to be a registered Democratic voter. That may sound straightforward, but the details open the door to mischief. As Ralston explained earlier this week:

Republicans closed their registration rolls on Feb. 13, and that is the file that will be used on Feb. 23. Democrats are allowing same-day registration on Saturday.

So: A Republican registered by Feb. 13 could show up at a Democratic caucus site on Saturday, switch to the Democratic Party, vote and then still participate on Tuesday because the party switch would not show up on the GOP caucus rolls...

Ralston noted yesterday that “organized” Republican efforts to intervene in the Democratic contest are now underway. This includes College Republicans urging members to support the “socialist” in order to help the GOP candidate “prevail” in November, and coincided with work from a prominent conservative activist in Nevada encouraging Republicans to intervene with a similar message.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/nevada-republicans-eye-electoral-mischief-dem-caucuses

[BlueMTexpat]

1. They literally have no shame

in doing this.

They would LOVE to run against the "socialist" rather than Hillary.

[SunSeeker]

3. Yes, I am sure a lot of non-Dems voted in the NH Dem primary as well. nt

[berningman]

4. sry posted before I realized I where i was

[SunShine22]

5. Email to Harry Reid

I just sent this link to Harry asking him to look into it today!

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/02/19/republicans-urge-members-commit-akin-voter-fraud-nevada.html

Here's his email if anyone else want to send it:
http://www.harryreid.com/content/contact/

[book_worm]

8. Thanks!

[yallerdawg]

6. Down here in Alabama...

we don't register by party, we just take the party ballot we want.

Democrats will crossover to influence which Republican candidate moves on, especially in Republican runoffs. Lately, this is just about the only political influence an Alabama Democrat may have!

So, any skeptics out there - yeah, people do crossover to influence the opposition's outcome!

[SunShine22]

7. Voting Twice

It's not about crossing over, it's about voting twice.

[yallerdawg]

10. The question has been put forward, would anyone even do that?

I say, hell yeah!

[pandr32]

9. Good grief!

This must not happen!