2016 Postmortem

PADemD

(4,482 posts) Tue Feb 2, 2016, 06:33 AM Feb 2016

Does Iowa require an automatic recount

Does Iowa require an automatic recount when the final vote margin is less than 1 percent?

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Does Iowa require an automatic recount (Original Post) PADemD Feb 2016 OP

Can't recount a caucus nt firebrand80 Feb 2016 #1

I guess you could recount the tabulation 1939 Feb 2016 #4

You could with cameras potentially. nt Live and Learn Feb 2016 #6

It 'a a fucking caucus, not an election. longship Feb 2016 #2

There isn't anything to recount in a caucus. Besides, there isn't much at stake since w4rma Feb 2016 #3

There are no ballots in a caucus, it's a head count of people Autumn Colors Feb 2016 #5

A head count and a coin toss apparently. Kalidurga Feb 2016 #7

People went home. You can't do a recount. merrily Feb 2016 #8

firebrand80

(2,760 posts)

1. Can't recount a caucus nt

Reply to PADemD (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 06:34 AM

Feb 2016

1939

(1,683 posts)

4. I guess you could recount the tabulation

Reply to firebrand80 (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 06:37 AM

Feb 2016

that is the numbers collected and assembled statewide. You couldn't recount the individual votes at each local caucus.

Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)

6. You could with cameras potentially. nt

Reply to firebrand80 (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 06:43 AM

Feb 2016

longship

(40,416 posts)

2. It 'a a fucking caucus, not an election.

Reply to PADemD (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 06:35 AM

Feb 2016

The caucus is run by the parties, not by the state government. There are no applicable laws.

Get it?

w4rma

(31,700 posts)

3. There isn't anything to recount in a caucus. Besides, there isn't much at stake since

Reply to PADemD (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 06:36 AM

Feb 2016

the state is not winner-take-all.

Sanders got from Iowa what he came to Iowa to get: Momentum.

Autumn Colors

(2,379 posts)

5. There are no ballots in a caucus, it's a head count of people

Reply to PADemD (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 06:42 AM

Feb 2016

Once the people leave the room/building and go home, there's nothing to "recount".

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)

7. A head count and a coin toss apparently.

Reply to Autumn Colors (Reply #5)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 06:48 AM

Feb 2016

merrily

(45,251 posts)

8. People went home. You can't do a recount.

Reply to PADemD (Original post)

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 06:54 AM

Feb 2016

This is an issue.

After the final vote by body count, a ballot should be taken. Also, every candidate should have people there watching and counting.

http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4578575/clinton-voter-fraud-polk-county-iowa-caucus

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