Fears mount of ‘another complete disaster’ in Nevada Dem caucus voting

Having discredited itself with utter (and very public) incompetence in tallying up the Iowa caucuses, the Democrats are reportedly on the verge of another disaster in Nevada. Politico headlines,

‘A complete disaster’: Fears grow over potential Nevada caucus malfunction

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.

All the volunteers who spoke out did so anonymously. Of course. Because Democrats are a swell bunch who enjoy bad news and critical feedback about as much as Chinese communist officials do when reporting coronavirus infections and deaths.

Tom Perez, Democratic National Committee: “we need to show the country that commom core math works in the real world!”

Staffers: “how do we do that so people will see?”

Perez: “how about we work with our tech allies and have them develop a new way to tally caucus votes?”

“All in favor say harumpfffff”

“Harumpfff!”

I have a great discussion topic for school-kids.

Here is the Nevada Democratic Caucus 2020 FAQ:

https://nvdems.com/2020-caucus-frequently-asked-questions/

Identify ten key issues _not_ identified by the FAQ.

(Starter tip: Who is allowed change their votes to another candidate? How many times can they change their vote? What does the paper trail look like?)

;-)

One potential disaster not mentioned in the article is the tabulation of the early votes in each district (and the audit trail for the early votes).

You need to know the early vote totals to tabulate the “viable” candidates. If those vote totals are not available (or disrupted because of lack of an audit trail) the precinct will turn into chaos very quickly.

Early voting in a caucus is super crazy without detailed written procedures (including auditing of results).

This is guaranteed to make Iowa look like a brilliant operation.

My suggestion: Throw all Nevada Democratic Party leaders in jail now—before the rush!

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