[Moral Hazard]

The Washington Republicans are being pathetically slow. They make the New Mexico Democrats seem efficient by comparison.

[CyberCowboy777]

Blame the system, not the party. We do not even register by party in Washington.

It is hard enough to get the results of an election we all you have to do is collect results from the Counties Auditors all using an unified and electronic/automated system.

Now try doing it while collecting results from thousands of precincts (many run by little old grandma), all paper, all hand counted. Precincts to County Party to State Party.

Not to mention this is a brand new thing for WA Republicans.

As a California Native I know the system for you is simple. Register as a Republican, Vote a Republican Ballot (Absentee, likely), let the State do the rest.

Here it is all volunteer all the time, completely grassroots and bottom up.

Go easy on Grandma and honor those who serve.

[jonrick46]

The process is all done by hand counts of the delegates elected at each precinct caucus. These delegates announce their preference for president on the caucus sign-up document. The delegate election document gives the names of the delegates who are elected at the caucus as well as the Precinct Committee Officer, who is an automatic delegate.

The presidential candidate count comes when one takes the presidential preference information from the caucus sign-up sheet of each delegate (including the PCO) recorded on the Precinct Caucus delegate document. One must scrutinize both documents to get the count.

The results of the precinct caucus is forwarded to the Legislative District Chairman who forwards it to the Republican County Central Committee. This then is forwarded to the Washington State Secretary of State.

There is no computerized system used in the process. Numbers are sent in by phone.