Who else gets to do this? It’s inconvenient for EVERYONE to have to get off work and go vote. So what is so unique about these casino workers that provisions are made so they can vote at their place of employment?
It only pertains to political party caucus activity. Polling places remain unaffected.
The casinos are the life of the city, doubly so in the evening. Since Nevada has a caucus, the workers can't just run to the polls for a few minutes before or after work or vote absentee.
I love it that this rule was pushed through by the Clinton controlled state democratic committee when she expected to walk to her nomination on rose petals.
For one thing they work on Sat., unlike many jobs, but more importantly the democratic party of Nevada set up this arrangement, unanimously. Whether or not its rationale holds water doesn’t matter, its too late to change the rules everyone agreed to. This was a huge mistake by the Clintons because it pissed off the culinary union, pissed off the netroots, pissed off a number of undecided Ds, and they achieved nothing. A bit desperate this was, and Clinton fingerprints are all over it.
It was the liberal Democrats that came up with the idea....so it would only make sense to them....somehow.
Lots of employees in areas that make it very difficult to get out, home and vote. YOu ever been to Vegas? Traffic is hell.
So what is wrong with coming to where folks are so they more easily vote.
I voted two weeks ago.
It doesn’t matter what other people want, the parties get to decide how the primaries are run, except in WA State, where the courts have decided that they have the jurisdiction.
“So what is so unique about these casino workers that provisions are made so they can vote at their place of employment?”
The fact that the Caterer’s Union, which a LOT of casino workers belong to, endorsed Obama.
Nevada has a caucus, not a primary. Apportionment was agreed on UNANIMOUSLY by the state’s Democrat party. Then the Culinary workers’ union endorsed Omama. Then the Teachers union, which endorses Hillary! filed the suit to shut down casinos as polling places. Dirty politics, pure and simple. To top it off, anti-voter ID Hillary’s side was planning on demanding photo IDs. At least there was a bit a comic relief.
The polling place I go to here in Ohio is a church. Are you going to argue that the Church's employees have an unfair advantage in getting to vote at their place of employment?
It makes sense to set up caucus sites in places where it will make it possible for the largest number of voters to go and vote. In Vegas, that's on the strip.