Supporters leave county Democratic convention in frustration

[d_legendary1]

Polk County Democratic leaders said the process began smoothly until Clinton supporters challenged the first count, asking for a credential check for all the delegates after falling behind by more than a dozen votes compared to caucus night.

Polk County Democratic Chair Tom Henderson granted the credential check, but the process isn’t a simple one – and takes time.

The delays led to Sanders supporters becoming frustrated, with some at the convention leaving before the final count was tallied.

Henderson said conventions in a presidential election year usually take a lot of time.

He recalled 20 years ago how the convention lasted until 2 o’clock in the morning.

“Typically we don’t have a challenge, but then typically we don’t have these razor thin margins,” he said. “I think a lot of people were first-timers for the convention assume it’s going to be done by noon. They’re rarely ever done by noon, so every convention we have people who say this is taking too long. They go home.”

Forty-five delegates left as the convention continued.

http://www.kcci.com/news/supporters-leave-county-democratic-convention-in-frustration/38484946

Can't beat them? Fuck with them until you win. If this is what the HRC camp thinks of America then she's in for a rude awakening.

[Lucinda]

1. She won the county in the primary...the votes today didnt match up

I have zero problem with them asking for a credential check

[jfern]

3. The votes often change

And we heard nothing from the counties where Hillary gained. No, they didn't like that things didn't go as well for Hillary. Screw that shit.

[Lucinda]

6. Well the county caucus is over now, and she maintained her win

So I suspect she is fine with the results

[jfern]

7. Yes, any thing to disenfranchise voters to maintain the win

[Lucinda]

9. They weren't disenfranchised.

[jfern]

11. Yes they were by the 11 hours of repeated votes

Your side plays fucking dirty.

[PyaarRevolution]

14. No one was told this was meant...

to simulate a session of Filibustering in Congress. Ugh.

[Lucinda]

15. If you are talking about Polk county - she won the county

during the original primary. And now the county convention has upheld the state win, despite some trying to throw Polk to Bernie.

[PyaarRevolution]

16. They were checking credentials.

It sounded to me like they were legit every time and Hillary delegates were winning because of an exercise in filibustering.

[jfern]

17. She gained in other counties, and no one pulled shady shit there

Delegates are unbound, and you shouldn't make the count take 11 hours just because you don't like the result.

[Lucinda]

18. It took as long as it did for a variety of reasons...the call for credentials when

the first vote didn't reflect the primary day election results, the realignments as they tried to woo the OMalley delegates, etc. The rest of the state managed to make it work just fine, but when you get people trying to shift away from the vote of the people, some are going to object.

[jfern]

19. The vote in the other counties shifted to Hillary, but no one stalled for 11 hours

[madfloridian]

2. All 600 Bernie supporters had to go out and file back in to be counted one by one.

This is from CoffeeCat's post from there today.

I'm here at our Dem Polk County Convention. Hillary initially won Polk County the night of the caucus.

The preliminary numbers are as follows. Hillary 530; Bernie 600. Polk county has unofficially flipped to Bernie.

Hill camp does not like the numbers. They are completely freaking out. The Hill camp changed the rules and ordered all Bernie supporters leave the room, and again and be counted one by one. It's taking a long time. All 600 of us had to leave, wait in a hot atrium and file in individually and be checked off.

And then it was still not settled 10 hours later.

10 hours or more?


http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1477611

[PyaarRevolution]

5. Is video allowed at the Convention?

I hope Coffee is taping this so there's no their word against ours or doctored or lost video.

[madfloridian]

8. She said she had video. Her phone very low battery by then.

She was going to check back in later, but haven't seen her here yet.

[PyaarRevolution]

4. Wonders if more shenanigans went on in the primary count than expected.

We have members that are overzealous I just don't imagine that most Bernie people would come in and pose as delegates to flip things. More has to be going on.

[jfern]

12. Hillary supporters have been pulling shady shit at every step

[PyaarRevolution]

13. When I have kids, if I have a daughter.

And she decides to get into politics I will have her look at Elizabeth Warren, Cynthia McKinney and others to consider as role models.

[PyaarRevolution]

10. Definitely gives us a possible eye into what might happen at further delegate conventions.

We should be on guard they don't try this bs with any of the Super Tuesday states Bernie won as well as Michigan. I can't believe I have to even say this shit. Sigh. I am so disgusted by these possible high-jinks.