Nebraska District 20 Caucus

[TheFarseer]

From Beveridge Middle School in an overflowing Auditorium. We had to sit by the undecideds because there was no where to sit in the Bernie section. I convinced two people by talking about TPP and Citizens United. Almost all the rest of the undecideds broke for Hillary. It was 463-258 in Favor of Bernie after 1st count. Then they announced Hillary had won absentees by 228-48. Yikes! The Hillary speaker was very persuasive and prepared. The Bernie speaker looked like he didn't know he was going to speak. He talked about stopping the 'Trans Pacific Pipeline' for instance. Final count was 527-511 for Bernie. Much closer than I would have thought for suburban Omaha.

[Zorra]

1. Thanks. Is that absentees, or early voting? Just curious from a campaign standpoint. nt

[TheFarseer]

5. The guy said absentees.

[aspirant]

13. How do you verify absentees?

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[2pooped2pop]

16. I don't know but they should be announced first

Or they will magically be just enough for someone who is willing to cheat, to just barely win. Probably made an error in their math on this one. Lol

[Bjornsdotter]

33. Ah yes...

....looks like Richard J Daley would be proud.

[DCBob]

2. Good sign for Hillary.

This one could be close which is basically a loss for Bernie since he needs some big wins to catch up and change the momentum.

Thanks for the update!

[Agschmid]

3. Wow, close!

[kcjohn1]

4. So far looking good for Bernie

According to Reddit for Sanders (credit rmurks)

Here are the results I've heard from others who already caucused in NE. Sorry, not sure what LDs or precincts some of these are in. I'll keep updating as I hear more.
Ralston Middle School: 420 Bernie, 227 Hillary
Hooper, NE: 44 Bernie, Hillary 22
Metro South Campus: Bernie 313, Hillary 250
District 20: Bernie 527, Hillary 503
Kearney, NE (Buffalo County): Bernie 429, Hillary 156
District 8: Bernie 954, Hillary 484
Beals Elementary: Bernie 872, Hillary 356
LD 13 at Nathan Hale: No numbers, but a report that HRC won.
LD 12: No numbers, but reports that Bernie won.
LD 6: Bernie 639, Hillary 534

[think]

6. thank you for the numbers /nt

[TheFarseer]

8. Thanks for the running total

Interesting how your dist 20 count is slightly different than what I had. The Jist is the same though. If districts similar to the Buffalo county District all go about the same, Hillary is losing big time.

[Cowpunk]

9. LD 12 and Ralston Middle School are the same.

Here are the correct numbers for LD 12:
Bernie 420 12 delegates.
Hillary 297 8 delegates.

LD 5(Metro South CC) is a heavily Latino district. Bernie's win there is a great sign. The big win in LD 8(Benson High School) also makes me optimistic, but your list includes few African American voters at this point.

[TheFarseer]

11. Wonder how 11 & 10 went.

Those should be heavily African American. Is HRC winning 13 winning 13 surprising? I'm not familiar with that area, except I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of older people live there.

[Cowpunk]

19. 13 is a mixed bag.

Looking at the map, it includes Florence, which is mostly working class AA but still mixed, and some outlying, semi-rural areas of the city that are more affluent and white(and probably Republican).

[femmedem]

35. 11 went to Hillary by a large margin; 10 went to Bernie.

You can see the results here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19SA72khtA4JFcoxxg1dVTCGiFrXdPakYeY7vJNv1yHA/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=0

[itsrobert]

7. Not big enough win for Bernie. The math doesn't work for him

Go HILLARY!

[artislife]

23. Love how you keep on theme. She's losing.

this state. That is what we are watching.

[jwirr]

12. Anyone know about Seward NE? I lived there for a while and

am wondering how this college town voted.

[kstewart33]

14. Interesting that your caucus allowed absentee ballots.

I wish we had that option in Colorado. However, I'm glad that this is the last caucus for Colorado. It's too inefficient, undemocratic (what about people employed at night?), and just too unwieldly with large crowds.

[Samantha]

15. I thought there was a rule that you had to appear personally in order to be included in a caucus

So that is not the case there???

Sam

[aspirant]

17. Question

"Then they announced Hillary had won absentees by 228-48". Who was "they"?

[TheFarseer]

18. The caucus leader guy

No idea who told him.

[aspirant]

20. Was this the HRC person and did he have actual absentee ballots in hand to be viewed?

[Cowpunk]

21. The caucus chair, most likely.

This person was probably picked before the caucus, though there is still a formal nomination process at the caucus itself. At our caucus, I was allowed to view and count the absentee ballots as a Bernie captain, though they were not originals. It seems pretty clear that Hillary's team worked hard at getting people to vote absentee in Nebraska. I suspected this after talking to some Hillary supporters while canvassing for Bernie. It seems like a smart strategy, but they may have lost a few undecided voters at the caucuses because of it.

[aspirant]

26. Were you able to make copies to contact and verify?

[Cowpunk]

36. I did not do that.

Do you mean take a picture of every ballot? That would have taken a very long time and pissed everyone off. What I saw were copies. The originals were scanned into the party's database I assume. If the campaign officers want to verify all absentee ballots, they can take it up with the party.

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. Ok I am in CA, we don't do caucuses, but i thoght

you had to be PRESENT to vote in one. Confused.

[artislife]

24. In WA, you can vote by proxy in the caucus as well. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. Ok so this is not as rare as it sounds

[artislife]

27. Actually taking place is rare, but allowed. nt

[aspirant]

28. What is the process of your proxy vote?

[artislife]

31. Proxy is the wrong word, it is surrogate

https://vimeo.com/153382464?ref=fb-share

proxy voting is not permitted at Precinct Caucuses. However, those who are unable to
attend due to religious observance, military service, disability, illness or work schedule
may submit a “surrogate affidavit” form prior to the Precinct Caucus. Official surrogate
affidavit forms may be downloaded from the State Party website (wademocrats.org)
starting in early 2016, or acquired in person from State Party office
located at 615 – 2nd Ave. #580, Seattle, WA 98103. Surrogate affidavit forms must be
received by the State Party no later than Friday, March 18, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.
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[aspirant]

32. "rare"

So if you encounter large HRC surrogate votes this time, what can you do to verify?

Is the Dem state party trustworthy?

[artislife]

34. I can only answer to her campaign...and I think not. nt

[BlueMTexpat]

30. Me too -

there must be different rules for different caucuses.

[BlueMTexpat]

29. Thanks for your report!