Here's a section from the official rules of the Nevada Democratic Convention:

[MineralMan]

Decorum
a. All delegates, alternates, and guests are entitled to attend and participate in the
convention free of harassment or intimidation. Anyone harassing or attempting to
intimidate any delegate, alternate, or guest to the convention shall be ejected from the
convention immediately and shall forfeit any fees paid for the convention or other
convention activities.
b. Any intentional disruption of any convention activities may result in immediate ejection
from the convention, including the forfeiture of any fees paid for the convention or
other convention activities.
c. Guests invited to speak to the convention shall not have their remarks or presentations
interrupted or interfered with in any manner, including auditory or visual distractions
from the floor. Violation of this rule may result in immediate ejection from the
convention, including the forfeiture of any fees paid for the convention or other
convention activities.
d. Noisemakers of any kind are prohibited at the convention.
e. Conversation on the floor should be kept to a minimum out of respect for guests,
delegates and speakers. Those delegates, alternates, and guests wishing to converse
should exit the floor.
f. The Sergeant(s) at Arms shall have the authority to enforce these rules with the
approval of the Convention Chair.

Source: http://nvdems.3cdn.net/ea5a7f0df495b0cf4c_z2m6bnqh5.pdf

[MineralMan]

1. That section was apparently not enforced, or

many Bernie delegates would have been ejected. Hmm...

[Dawgs]

2. Where's the part about the DNC ignoring the will of the people?

[LonePirate]

4. You mean the people who caucused on February 20?

[Dawgs]

6. No. That's not what I mean. n/t

[LonePirate]

7. So the will of the people doesn't matter to you after all, huh?

[kiva]

10. You don't understand the Nevada caucus system.

[LonePirate]

14. I understand it fine. You're advocating for party elites (delegates) to usurp the will of the voters

The voters made their choice known on February 20. You're supporting a coup and election fraud if you don't think the will of the voters matters.

[kiva]

19. No you do not.

Ask yourself why Nevada has a local and a county and a state caucus if only the votes at the first caucus count. You seriously need to educate yourself on the topic if you want to be taken seriously by people who have participated and studied the system.

[YouDig]

3. So they actually bent the rules massively in Bernie's favor.

Yelling "bitch" cannot be described as anything but "harrassment". A large group of people getting out of their seats and booing, and waving Bernie signs in front of the cameras during Boxer's speech violates point C.

I wonder if the rules had actually been enforced, and all the disrupting Bernie protestors were ejected, would Hillary have won even more delegates?

[MineralMan]

9. They did let those rules slide.

That was a decision made to prevent an even worse situation. But those rules are the same for all Democratic conventions, because some decorum is necessary. They were bent for the Sanders supporters.

[LexVegas]

5. They could have avoided all this by having more Cheetos and Mt. Dew Code Red available. nt

[JoePhilly]

8. Well ... that's inconvenient.

[MineralMan]

11. And yet it's the NV party that is wrong, some say.

There are the convention rules of decorum. They were seriously not followed. They're simple rules, designed to create a peaceful working environment. Too bad.

[JoePhilly]

15. They want what they want ...

... the rest be damned.

[MineralMan]

16. That's not how the Democratic Party works.

The party's name means something. We select nominees based on people's votes in primaries and caucuses. We have procedures to make sure of that. When a group tries to negate those procedures, they go against the people's votes. Majorities matter.

That's just wrong.

[JoePhilly]

17. Agree completely.

[NCTraveler]

12. Party leaders showed patience. Nt

[MineralMan]

13. Yes. An abundance of patience.

Disruption was allowed to continue. That's extreme patience, I think.

[eastwestdem]

18. I'm guessing they'll add a manditory video clause if a fringe candidate ever runs again. nt

[hellofromreddit]

20. Also from the official rules.

If the Convention Chair is unable to determine the outcome of a voice vote, a vote of
standing division shall be taken.

Page 3.

[MineralMan]

21. OK. Standing on the floor or in the seats,

it can be very difficult to determine what a voice vote indicates. Further, when a 2/3 majority is required, as it is for rules changes, that's often clear when 2/3 don't agree.

It's a judgment call on the part of the chair. Are mistakes sometimes made? Probably, but rarely.

[hellofromreddit]

22. The loud response from the delegates was a clear signal that Roberta should have taken a count

Even if we give her a pass on the first one, there's no justifying continuing to refuse to do a count. She created the situation that led to a loss of decorum and failed as a chair.