Posted on 01/18/2008 2:41:32 PM PST by mommya
January 18, 2008 3:10 pm EST
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – Today, the Ron Paul 2008 campaign is calling on the Nevada State Republican Party to re-examine multiple inconsistencies in the Nevada Caucus process, and to consider postponing the caucus, which is scheduled for Saturday, January 19.
“The inconsistencies, errors and multiple changes in the rules reek of playing politics with the what should be a neutral process,” said Ron Paul 2008 campaign manager Lew Moore. “The people of Nevada deserve to know exactly what the rules are and to know that those rules are being fairly enforced. This has not happened up to this point, and the caucus appears to be in chaos.”
The problem of multiple rule changes is being compounded by other inconsistencies and errors in the process. Many Nevada Republicans have received postcards with incorrect information about their caucus location, and the Nevada GOP website had incorrect caucus locations listed as late as Wednesday, January 16.
Additionally, one or more county chairs have expressed concerns over an insufficient number of ballots, and the Ron Paul campaign has heard reports that rural counties are short of ballots, while Clark County precincts were given what is regarded as far too many ballots.
The Ron Paul campaign has learned that the Nevada Republican Party has changed the rules for eligibility requirements for caucusing three times since January 9. Last summer when the January 19 caucus was set, the Nevada GOP announced that caucus would be closed and only for Republicans who had registered by December 19.
On January 10, 2008, a caucus director for the Nevada Republican Party reversed the earlier policy and anounced a new standard by stating that any person who asserts that they are a registered Republican in the precinct but cannot be found in the voter rolls that the Republican party has, would be able to participate if they signed an affidavit attesting to the fact that they were a registered Republican. Then, on January 15 the Ron Paul campaign received communication from the state party that the affidavits would not be used.
However, on January 17 the policy was changed for a third time, as the state party announced that affidavits would be in use throughout the state, subject to the discretion of county central committees and chairs.
The Nevada Republican Party is changing the rules from week to week, and currently the rules will not even be uniform across the state, as eligibility rules may differ from county to county.
Given the caucus location confusion – with potential caucus participants not knowing where to go – and the new rule effectively allowing anyone to get a ballot, the Ron Paul campaign is concerned that the confusion surrounding the caucus will both disenfranchise voters and make the election particularly susceptible to vote fraud.
Do you have more on this? The link seems to point to a blog post as the source, but I do not see anything elsewhere.
I haven’t read the rest of the thread yet, however, it’s not just Ron Paul being affected. The Republican caucass are a mess. We are being told to show up at 9:00am and today I learn that it’s necessary to sign in at 8:30. The caucas location for one Carson City precinct changed TODAY, however, everyone has already received postcards giving the now incorrect location.
From what I’m reading, Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter are way ahead of any of the other candidates.
...the Nevada Republican Party has changed the rules for eligibility requirements for caucusing three times since January 9.
This is a problem, if true, IMO.
My news search for Ron Paul did fine. Here:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=ron+paul&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn
Results 1 - 10 of about 25,015 for ron paul. (0.38 seconds)
I don’t see anything wrong with your post, FWIW.
I think it’s a bit naive to eliminate the possibility that the RNC in a particular state may be either incompetent, indifferent, or just biased toward a particular candidate.
I don’t, but if it’s good (and it appears to be) it will get wider and more detailed play soon.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955968/posts
Please read the Nevada Caucus thread and see that this situation is out of control.
Bingo!
Paul has put a lot of money in this state and not got a lot out. His folks were attempting to take over the party here in Clark County and were not successful. A weird crew that certainly are not Republicans.
After speaking to a lot of Paul’s supporters, and seeing them in action, I can only imagine how things would be changed (for the worse). Thus, I can not seen how these changes wouldn’t help him. The attempt on their part appears to be getting a lot of non-Republicans on the scene.
It's either a very tiny Air Force base or one really, really big police car.
Just looking at your tag line. You know what? I’ll take HRC over Ron Paul.
Actually, my guess is I-N-C-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-C-E
What everyone seems to be forgetting here is that - All the candidates have the same messed up system to work in in Nevada. This wasn’t directed at Ron Paul - it’s a mess for ALL the candidates!!!!
Nevada’s mess is just making it harder for the Paul folks to bring in out of state voters and messes up their organizational plans to make Paul look more popular than he really is. Smoke and Mirrors just might not work here.
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