Numerous caucus goers went home after first allocation

[RandySF]

Various reasons (tired, getting late, didn’t like second choices, room too hot, other reasons). Per NYT podcast. This is no way to run a nominating process.

[DanTex]

1. That sort of thing always happens with caucuses.

Yeah, caucuses suck, but usually despite the inevitable problems, they still manage to aggregate the totals.

[sagesnow]

6. See below

By the rules, If your candidate was viable, you could put your candidate choice on your ballot card and go home. 1 1/2 hours is long enough to detain each voter.

[gab13by13]

2. If their candidate made the cut,

weren't they allowed to go home?

[redqueen]

4. Yes of course.

The media is just doing its thing.

[PatrickforO]

3. No, you're right.

Have a primary with mailed-out ballots and a two plus week voting window, and secure ballot-drop-off boxes. That's the fairest way to do it. And make sure the people who are counting the ballots are objective. My state has this, and I'm quite grateful for that.

[sagesnow]

5. By the rulebook that was allowed.

If your candidate was viable you could enter your candidate on your paper ballot and go home after the first allocation. If your candidate was not viable, you had to move to a viable candidate and print your candidate choice and sign the back of your ballot and then depart. The ballot count had to total up correctly with the head count. So, the final numbers for each candidate were really obtained from the ballot cards.