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Nevada Primary Fears Grow


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2020 Feb 17, 7:42am   662 views  7 comments

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Anxiety is rising over the possibility of another tech-induced meltdown at the Nevada Democratic caucuses on Saturday.

In interviews, three caucus volunteers described serious concerns about rushed preparations for the Feb. 22 election, including insufficient training for a newly-adopted electronic vote-tally system and confusing instructions on how to administer the caucuses. There are also unanswered questions about the security of Internet connections at some 2,000 precinct sites that will transmit results to a central “war room” set up by the Nevada Democratic Party.

Some volunteers who will help run caucuses at precinct locations said they have not been trained on iPads that the party purchased to enter and transmit vote counts. Party officials scrambled to streamline their vote reporting system — settling on Google forms accessible through a saved link on the iPads — after scrapping a pair of apps they’d been planning to use until a similar app caused the fiasco in Iowa two weeks ago.

The volunteers also said the party has not provided sufficient training on how to use the Google form that will compile vote totals, a complicated process in a caucus.

The concerns, which were described on condition of anonymity because the volunteers are not authorized to speak to reporters, come at a perilous moment for the Democratic Party. As the third state on the primary calendar and the first with a significant minority population, Nevada holds huge importance in the nomination contest. The debacle in Iowa cost one state party chairman his job and threatened the standing of the national party chairman, while casting doubts about whether the results from party-run caucuses can be trusted.

Nevada Democratic officials insist they have everything under control. But a repeat of Iowa — or any kind of breakdown — would be disastrous.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/16/nevada-avoid-iowa-caucus-mess-115437

The fix is in!

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1   Ceffer   2020 Feb 18, 1:03pm  

Disastrous is relative. They have already established disaster as the new norm, and the free shitters haven't blinked. Such is the power of free shit.
2   clambo   2020 Feb 18, 8:10pm  

Expect a SNAFU.
3   Shaman   2020 Feb 18, 8:14pm  

I think it’s going FUBAR
4   MisdemeanorRebel   2020 Feb 21, 3:35pm  

CNN: The Nevada State Democratic Party is asking site leaders to sign non-disclosure agreements, according to one volunteer who had planned to help with Saturday’s caucuses but quit because he didn’t want to sign the document.

— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) February 21, 2020
5   Ceffer   2020 Feb 21, 3:39pm  

clambo says
Expect a SNAFU.
Shaman says
I think it’s going FUBAR


It's a new aphorism! SNAFUBAR!
6   RC2006   2020 Feb 21, 4:12pm  

To bad dems can't face the fact and act on how crooked the dnc is, or perhaps the dnc is just a reflection of its base.
7   Booger   2020 Feb 21, 5:03pm  

RC2006 says
perhaps the dnc is just a reflection of its base.


This!!!

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