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Dems in chaos:Hillary and Bernie are left in limbo as poor staffing at Iowa polling places means..
The Daily Mail ^ | February 2, 2016 | David Martosko, Nikki Schwab, Francesca Chambers

Posted on 02/01/2016 11:53:24 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

Democrats in chaos: Hillary and Bernie are left in limbo as poor staffing at Iowa polling places means caucus winner won't be declared until later today

Iowa's Democratic faithful will have to wait until Tuesday to find out who won their presidential caucuses, as state party officials botched the event and can't determine who won in nine of the 1,681 voting precincts.

Poor staffing led to questions at caucus sites scattered all over the state, leaving liberals with egg on their faces - and casting a cloud over the results although Hillary Clinton has already claimed victory.

When counting stopped in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, she held a 0.29 per cent lead over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

The Iowa Democratic Party will have to recreate the vote totals at the mismanaged locations by conferring with the Clinton and Sanders campaigns.

Every campaign typically has a designated observer at each caucus site to be sure each vote is credited to the right candidate, and then a Democratic official certifies the final count and sends it to the state party headquarters - this year, via a special Microsoft mobile app.

But it appears that when it was time in nine precincts to communicate the results, no one from the party was there to relay them.

The Sanders campaign told reporters late Monday night at the Des Moines International Airport, where a charter flight to New Hampshire was preparing to leave Iowa, that the party had dropped the ball in nine precincts.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas; US: Iowa; US: New York; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: 2016election; arkansas; cultureofcorruption; democratscandals; election2016; hillary; hitlery; howtostealanelection; ia2016; iowa; newyork; sanders; shenanigans; socialists; vermont
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1 posted on 02/01/2016 11:53:25 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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2 posted on 02/01/2016 11:56:03 PM PST by Slyfox (Ted Cruz does not need the presidency - the presidency needs Ted Cruz)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Ordering more popcorn....


3 posted on 02/01/2016 11:57:54 PM PST by rhinohunter
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Cover up for the Rubio swing.


4 posted on 02/01/2016 11:58:52 PM PST by 80skid
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Bernie is Hitlary’s new Obama.

Obernie


5 posted on 02/01/2016 11:58:59 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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BULL...CRAP!

They knew Hillary was going to lose. So they manipulated it (6 coin toss wins for Hillary!) so she’d get the headline, “HILLARY WINS IN CLOSE ONE!”

Then two-three weeks from now post SEC primaries we find out she, in fact, lost!

Scam.


6 posted on 02/01/2016 11:59:19 PM PST by TigerClaws
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Lol


7 posted on 02/01/2016 11:59:20 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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Democrats in chaos: Hillary and Bernie are left in limbo

What a lovely statement..........

8 posted on 02/01/2016 11:59:25 PM PST by TXSearcher (Longtime Lurker......now a newbie)
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“The Iowa Democratic Party will have to recreate the vote totals at the mismanaged locations by conferring with the Clinton and Sanders campaigns.”

There’s that catchy little word RECREATE! Debbie Washerwoman-Shitz and her merry little band will MAGICALLY find that Hillary has won tomorrow. For me, all they have is a Crook and a Communist running now that their designated villiage idiot has dropped out.


9 posted on 02/02/2016 12:02:30 AM PST by vette6387
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Which is how I am afraid the actual election will go.


10 posted on 02/02/2016 12:12:50 AM PST by Beowulf9
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Remind me again...why a caucus is better than an actual vote.


11 posted on 02/02/2016 12:15:17 AM PST by pepsionice
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Washington Times: Unsure in Iowa, Hillary sends Bill Clinton to South Carolina firewall

JEFFERSON, Iowa - Hours before the country's first nominating contest here gets underway here Monday, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton braced for a possible loss by sending President Bill Clinton to campaign for her in South Carolina.

The campaign announced that Mr. Clinton will stump Wednesday in South Carolina, where Mrs. Clinton has worked to build a firewall against rival Sen. Bernard Sanders."......

12 posted on 02/02/2016 12:21:08 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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A caucus is an actual vote. It’s just more compressed time-wise and location-wise. It weeds out the laziest.

Every state should have caucuses, just not run by these Democrat idiots who can’t figure out how to do something so simple.


13 posted on 02/02/2016 12:33:17 AM PST by GeronL (I remember when this was a conservative forum)
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I seriously doubt that either can Limbo....


14 posted on 02/02/2016 12:40:38 AM PST by Paladin2 (w)
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To: Slyfox

Third world banana republic system and morons .


15 posted on 02/02/2016 12:42:26 AM PST by sushiman
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When democrats have problems counting or reporting votes the delay is invariably intentional.

They delay finalizing vote counts to see how many fraudulent votes they need to create to give their chosen candidate the win.


16 posted on 02/02/2016 1:40:27 AM PST by Iron Munro (The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
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Voting should be private. Period.

A man shows up and his boss is there. He going to risk his job over his vote? Or his neighbors. Or preacher.


17 posted on 02/02/2016 1:42:07 AM PST by TigerClaws
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bttt


18 posted on 02/02/2016 1:49:11 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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There’s a scene in the film “Key Largo” where the villain ‘Rico’ goes on about recounting votes over and over until the count comes out ‘right’.


19 posted on 02/02/2016 2:05:52 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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BINGO!!! Caucuses seem stupid.


20 posted on 02/02/2016 2:56:22 AM PST by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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