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2016 Postmortem

iamthebandfanman

(8,127 posts) Tue Feb 2, 2016, 12:20 PM Feb 2016

"In a handful of Democratic caucus precincts Monday, a delegate was awarded with a coin toss.

It happened in precinct 2-4 in Ames, where supporters of candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton disputed the results after 60 caucus participants apparently disappeared from the proceedings."

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/02/02/sometimes-iowa-democrats-award-caucus-delegates-coin-flip/79680342/

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Disappearing voters? (Original Post) iamthebandfanman Feb 2016 OP

Incompetence, or shenanigans. TwilightGardener Feb 2016 #1

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1. Incompetence, or shenanigans.

Tue Feb 2, 2016, 12:29 PM

Feb 2016

Not sure which. I went to a caucus in Nebraska to vote for Obama in 2007--I don't remember any problems like this.