Maine Caucus Results Remain Unofficial

[Freddie Stubbs]

By JOSHUA L. WEINSTEIN, Portland Press Herald Writer

Copyright © 2004 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc.


Technical glitches, human mistakes and surprisingly high voter turnout are complicating the state Democratic Party's efforts to come up with official results for Sunday's caucuses.

"It's a huge undertaking," Dottie Melanson, who chairs the state Democratic party, said Tuesday.

She said some towns' numbers did not add up, some may not have held caucuses and others "were managing their caucuses in their own unique ways" that had to be reconciled with party rules.

Under party rules, municipalities have until Feb. 15 to get their numbers to the party's headquarters in Augusta.

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