1. From what I’ve read, the difference between Clinton’s health insurance plan and Obama’s is that with Clinton’s plan you would be REQUIRED to obtain health insurance at the prescribed price. With Obama’s plan, it’s only available to you IF you want it, at an affordable fee. That’s how she manages to say that Obama’s plan is not universal. For both candidates, children are required to be insured, which is the right thing to do for all of our children. With both plans, no one will be denied insurance should they want it.

   You can do it, Nevada! Make the right choice for all of us!!! Obama ‘08!

   Comment by Kirsten Monke — January 18, 2008 @ 11:53 pm

2. I hear on the radio that Miss Hillery Clinton is going to tell all us voters from Nevada that she is going to close down Yucca Mountain..I remember going to see Bill Clinton at UNLV and he told us voters from Nevada that he was going to close Yucca Mountain.Well after his 8 years in office plus Bush’s almost 8 yeras in office it is still operating..Is Hillery using Bill’s speech over again from when he was at UNLV…I also was present when Hillery and her gang was at Del Frisco’s steak house last week.Hillery and her daughter were not to attentive to those that were serving her and her gang.She was very ignorant with the people who worked there .She treated the people there as if they were wearing Republican ID’S…Including her daughter who was just as out of touch with the people there…But since there are NOT MANY NON-SPEAKING EMPLOYEE’S just plain white English speaking people I guess that is not the market Hillery is going after..If you are NON-SPEAKING and NON WHITE she has NO time you us….Thank you..

   Comment by stanley paul — January 19, 2008 @ 6:48 am

3. Come On LV Now! Which Strip Hotels are providing Caucus Locations?

   Comment by Sam — January 19, 2008 @ 8:11 am

4. VOTERS BE SMART!
   Your bottom line for today’s vote should be “WHO CAN WIN IN NOVEMBER?” and polls consistenly show Obama can beat any Republican candidate. ALL POLLS show Clinton won’t hold a candle to McCain should he be the GOP nominee. Do we want another Republican White House? I don’t think so!

   TEACHERS FOR OBAMA!!!

   Comment by mary — January 19, 2008 @ 9:13 am

5. Compare the integrity of the Edwards, Clinton and Obama campaign. In my humble opinion, Edwards ranks high but doesn’t have the coast to coast support needed to win in November let alone in S. Carolina and Nevada. Clinton’s integrity is questionable presently and historically so the Repub. will have a field day in November. Obama granted IS a politician, but his biography shows he has ALWAYS defended, protected, and advocated for the middle, lower, and disadvantaged populations. OBAMA HAS MY VOTE…and I’m a white woman over 50…guess I don’t fit into the Clinton demographics!

   Comment by Kellie — January 19, 2008 @ 9:21 am

6. Results from my precinct:

   Romney = 31
   Huckabee = 8
   Paul = 7
   McCain = 1
   Guiliani = 1
   Thompson = 0

   Comment by Todd — January 19, 2008 @ 10:19 am

7. I am amazed at the amount of people that listen to the same sorry debates and here the same questions that never get answered. If you are over the age of 30 years of age you should understand what I am saying. I have worked out the Yucca Mtn Dump, if you think that the goverment is going to spend all that money and have if turned down, then you might have your head checked. Be smart Nevada do as Alaska did let the goverment dump the waste in our backyard, but lets make sure that they send us a big fat check every year. I know everyone of you feel that the dump will pass, this is your way of getting money back from the federal goverment.

   Comment by David — January 19, 2008 @ 10:38 am

8. I found the Caucus a little confusing and was not ran very well. I like what is supposed to happen I just didn’t think it happened in the Republican Caucus. A good discussion and someone with good representation of each candidate should have been presented and it wasn’t. Good luck to all.

   Comment by Dave B — January 19, 2008 @ 10:44 am

9. Our Precinct Results
   Mitt Romney 14
   Ron Paul 6
   Mike Huckabee 2
   John McCain 2
   Rudy Guiliani 0
   Fred Thompson 0

   Comment by John B. — January 19, 2008 @ 11:22 am

10. Imagine my surprise when I showed up at my caucus at 11:30 am to shutting doors and then being told I could not participate. Didn’t channel 8 announce Dems had until 12noon to arrive at their caucus sites? The gentlemen in charge at my precinct at Charlotte Hill turned away several people from “registration” because anyone lining up behind the “yellow paper” arrived after the doors closed (NOT TRUE!). I assume that meant signing-in and participation, NOT registering to vote as I am already a registered voter and was under the impression I could participate as long as I was there by noon. However, since nobody was very informed many people were turned away (about 8 left with me and more people were headed in). If there are these strict rules it would seem to me the public should be informed not just one man passing out yellow cut-off papers. It’s a shame since I have been excited for this process and have been defending it from the caucus-nay-sayers, but at this point, at 11:52am I’d be all about a primary right now.

    Comment by Sarah — January 19, 2008 @ 11:57 am

11. I have lived in Nevada for 18 years and admit that I have been an armchair Republican who has not been involved at all in the political process other than voting at all elections. I decided that since this is the first time I can remember that we have had so many candidates running for the republican presidential candidate, I decided that I should get off my can and get involved. I caucused today and found it to be a very interesting process. First of all, things got off to a very confusing and slow start since our GOP leaders did not show up on time at Del Sol HS. Several people stepped up to start organizing our precincts while the custodian started unlocking classrooms so that we had places to meet. Once we determined where the different precincts should meet, we were stil in the dark. We only had one auxiliary light on in the classroom we were assigned. It did not stop us from following the agenda. Several people spoke up about who they were supporting and why. There was discussion about issues that were important to our precinct members, and by the end of the meeting, we had slightly over 10% of our precinct voters take part in our caucus. We selected seven delegates that will cast votes at the County Republican Convention next month. We voted and I stuck around to see that the votes were counted accurately and that all forms and ballots were accounted for and turned in. I was very surprised that in our precinct Ron Paul was the majority winner with 50% of the vote. All in all I am glad that I took part in the process and urge all Republicans to make their vote count. If you didn’t participate today, you can still contact your precinct delgates and tell them who you want us to vote for in the Clark County Republican Convention. The fight is not over and just because the news media say that Romney is the winner, the precinct delegates still have a vote at the convention. I am upset that the TV station is focusing so much on the Democratic Caucus and seldom mentions the Republican caucus.

    Comment by Chanel F — January 19, 2008 @ 1:11 pm

12. I caucused in Iowa for the 2004 election, and I think Nevada can learn a lot from my homestate. After arriving at today’s caucus, no one could tell me what room to go in, I was given incorrect directions on how to fill out my form, then to top it all off — the Clinton precinct captain and the Obama precinct captain got into a screaming match with each other in front of 150+ people who just wanted to get there, vote, and go home. Rules were broken and it was easily one of the most unorganized events I’d ever been to in my life. Democrats all over the country are trying to stand for change but this just made me embarrassed to even be part of the process. I felt like I was on a really bad reality tv show.

    –Precinct 1316

    Comment by Alison — January 19, 2008 @ 1:59 pm

13. This was the first Democratic Caucus that I have taken part in. When I finally found my precinct room, I entered the room, signed the sign in sheet, after searching to find my name and then tried to find a table that represented who I wanted to vote for. The whole Caucus for our precint seemed to be confused as to what they were suppose to be doing and who was to be doing what. I also was never so confused in my life. Fortunately I had printed the Democratic Caucus process from Channel 8 website and was able to tell those at my table what was suppose to be happening, but none of the rules seemed to be followed and I left being very discouraged that those in charge had not been properly trained nor had they followed the proper process. Forget the Caucus and stick with the Primary!

    Comment by Larry — January 19, 2008 @ 2:05 pm

14. I want the News Stations to know that I live in precinct 1477 in Henderson, NV. We were sent information early this week to go to Liberty High School. My husband called the Obama Camp last night and told them that it is way too far. They then said that “No, we actually had to go to Nevada State College.” There were tons of people in our precinct that drove all the way out to Liberty High and had to ask where their precinct was to then be told your in the wrong place?? So, how many people drove to Liberty last minute to be told they were actually suppose to go to Nevada State College and didn’t make it in time to vote.
    I believe this was a set up!! Just wrong!! I would love to find out how many didn’t get to vote because to this mistake?
    “GO OBAMA!!!”

    Comment by Brandy — January 19, 2008 @ 2:10 pm

15. I attended the Dem caucus at Frias Elem in Southern Highlands this morning. I really like the idea of a caucus but the organization, preperation and execution left A LOT to be desired! “They didn’t expect so many people? That’s a load…add the number of registered voters and add 10%. It’s rediculous that there weren’t even enough flyers to go around. The workers were severly under informed and in fact, lost a great many people who turned out but couldn’t stay the extra 2 hours or stand out in the cold. I was highly dissappointed in the lack of common sense and simple math miscalculations axhibited at my precint.
    As for the candidates. I love Clinton and I love Obama. I cannot argue with either of thier ideals. I haven’t heard a candidate yet that campaigns on giving up on education, supporting Yucca Mountain or increasing taxes. Ideals are all great. I hae ideals for my own life. The reality is that my reality is far different from my ideal. My concern is who can get the job done. Clinton has Bill, smarts, inferstructure, experience and so forth. In a national race or as President I fear the same old “Grand Conspiracy” that may overwhelm any of her efforts to implement her ideals. I don’t want to see my tax dollars go into investigating whether or not Bill is faithful or any of the old Republican attacks. I question Clinton’s electability on a National scale.
    Love Obama and while I feel he is more electable on a National level I question his ability to actually implement his ideals and play the political games he will have to in order to get his plans supported and passed. If he had even 4 more years of experience I might feel more confident.
    Obama gets my vote on ideals and Clinton gets it being able to turn an ideal in to a reality.

    Comment by Toni — January 19, 2008 @ 2:14 pm

16. My wife and I tried to caucus today at Cimarron HS. What a joke! This was our first attempt at caucusing and it will be our last. No organization. No signs identifying the precincts. So we left left as others did with out being heard. Hmmmm. Maybe that was our sign to vote republican?

    Comment by Don — January 19, 2008 @ 2:15 pm

17. I attended the Democratic Caucus (agrument) at diskin elem. You could not hear the speakers, members of the audiance interrupted the speakers, the final count did not include Edwards supporters who walked out refusing to support Clinton (1st) or Obama (2nd). Very disappointed in the organization and conduct of this caucus. Bring back the ballot…..

    Comment by robert m — January 19, 2008 @ 2:33 pm

18. hillary we love u ! GO GIRL! tel aviv/ ISRAEL

    Comment by guy — January 19, 2008 @ 2:53 pm

19. I attended the Republican Caucus for pricient 2354 today. It was a disorganized mess. There were Romney signs all over and every worker I saw was wearing a Romney sticker on their shirts It is easy to see why he got over 50% of the votes. The person running our caucus was totally disorganiozed and gave little instructions. They were passing out ballots with no control over how many a person received. The also passed out pencils (I used INK). When my wife and I voted the lady said to give ballots to the man sitting in front row (This is a secret ballot?). He told my wife, no, give them to the lady who checked us in. The lady then said no and walked over to the man and he took our ballots and PUT THEM ON THE FLOOR BY HIS FEET! What a joke! I think I will look into the Democratic party (I have voted Republican since 1960). Shameful display!

    Comment by John Stitnizky — January 19, 2008 @ 2:57 pm

20. I will never go to another caucus again. I was at the democratic caucus for my precinct and there were alot of upset voters.
    They had to photo copy ballots because we ran out, half the registered voters had to re-register. People had no clue where to go for their precinct. Then when it was time to caucus I couldn’t hear anything and I think I ended up voting for a candidate I wasn’t interested in because I thought they were doing a recount of the people after we split up. I couldn’t hear anything. Next thing I knew people were leaving. Nobody informed me of what was going on.

    It was a mess. Mr. Stinizky, the grass isn’t much greener on the other side either. Just so you know.

    I feel more comfortable with a private ballot. That’s how it should be, I don’t need people trying to solicit my vote because I know exactly who it is I want to vote for when I go down there. I’ve done my research.

    This is the first time I’ve caucused too, and probably the last time after this mess.

    I was really looking forward to this, and afterwords I felt really disappointed. I even wanted to volunteer for the democratic party and the woman had a form in spanish and realized it was in spanish then left me standing there and went to help someone else.

    Forget it, I have better things to do with my time.

    Comment by Barb Tonkovich — January 19, 2008 @ 3:22 pm

21. Why at 3:30 in the afternoon has only 30% of the republican precincts reported. I don’t understand. I do feel the prties should have been more involved in making sure everything went as it should have. I think the reason the Democrats have been getting more media is because the general opinion is the GOP will lose no matter what. Most media sources want it that way. I honestly don’t think that any of the 3 top republicans would be terrible for the Country. I am worried that Obama and Clinton get an unfair ammount of publicity for free just because of race, gender and the radical views. If I wanted someone with Rdical views I would support Paul, why doesn’t he get more media?

    Comment by Dave B — January 19, 2008 @ 3:37 pm

22. I agree with what some have already said. The caucus this morning was disorganized confusion. We walked in the door of Valley High, were told to stand in one of three lines, but then found out it was for a specific precinct that may or may not have been ours (no signs, nobody to help if you didn’t know what precinct you were in). We were told to just start going to different tables until we found which table had our names. Our location also ran out of ballots. I watched many people walk out the door, votes uncounted because of their disgust with the whole process. The NV Democratic party should have been a LOT more organized. How long ago did you know this was happening? It was a sad state of affairs. I will do this again, because I believe heavily in exercising every right and privilege given to me as an American, but I sincerely hope in 4 years when this happens again, the Democrats know what they’re doing…

    Comment by John Shiffler — January 19, 2008 @ 3:39 pm

23. At my caucus location (Bob Miller middle school), the caucus was very disorganized. If this were a third world country and the U.N. was monitoring the elections, there would be concerns about voting irregularities.

    People were allowed to register on the spot, and nobody was checking ID. The caucus outcome was determined by a head count of people sitting in the area for each candidate - but each group’s headcount was done by a person in that group - which of course does not rule out the possibility that someone could “accidentally” count more people than were really present for a candidate. This is particularly a concern because the gap in votes between the two top Dems was very small - if 3 people would have moved from one candidate to the other, the majority would have changed. Reps from the major candidates wandered around the room before the “voting” or counting, trying to sway undecideds or those not willing to openly express their preferences. And when the formalities were occurring, there was so much noise in the room you could hardly hear the people verbally giving instructions, and there was much confusion. This was made worse because two different precincts caucused in the same room (the cafeteria of the school), so the noise from one precinct’s caucusing made it hard for people in the other to hear the precinct captain’s instructions and announcements.

    I didn’t like that everyone had to meet at the same time. A regular voting day allows people to vote anytime between 7am and 7 or 8pm. But the caucus required most voters to attend at a specific time.

    Why can’t we have a regular primary, were people go into a private voting booth - and don’t have to listen to sales pitches from aggressive campaigners - and pull a lever or push a button to register their votes? This caucus was confusing, disorganized, possibly unfair, and definitely too time-consuming. No wonder the turnout was so low!

    Comment by Ron Cronovich — January 19, 2008 @ 4:01 pm

24. This was my first time also to attend the caucus and I will tell you, this will be the first and last. It’s a total mess. Those people working on those precinct was not so helpful. Especially if they see you having a Hillary sticker and they having Obama.

    Precinct 4424
    CSN

    Comment by Gil — January 19, 2008 @ 7:15 pm

25. I was surprisd at the worry about having open rooms on the strip. If what the Tv and Papers have been saying most of the Cullinary Union workers are legal or illegal aliens. Can they vote? If there caucus was anything like mine, they got to this time. The caucus was confusing and disorginized. For every person that showed three were turned away. When the vote was taken
    half the people had to leave. BRING BACK THE VOTE

    Comment by Michell Ashton — January 19, 2008 @ 9:37 pm

26. I, too, had the pleasure of participating in my first Democratic caucus in Nevada, and as many of you experienced, the event was quite disorganized. I won’t repeat the previous comments, but I am concerned with one aspect. At the end of our “selection” of candidates, the precinct captains (Hyde Park Middle School location) just said, “Raise your hands if you want to be a county delegate.” This, to me, was the most concerning part of the process, since I noticed immediately that the many of the people raising their hands to represent Obama at the county convention were Edwards people who shifted over after he was considered not viable at our precinct. Now, are the county delegates REQUIRED to remain true to their selected candidates or are they allowed to change at the county convention? I wonder then if our caucus votes are legitimate if these delegates can change their votes for the national convention. I would love to hear the answer to this question.
    Additionally, I agree that precinct workers need more training; something as simple as counting 130 people in the room became a total fiasco. Again, I won’t even mention the registration process because discussing that ordeal would just put me in a bad mood. Yes, I understand that those working are all volunteers (I think) which means we have to cut them some slack, but I also cringe at the impressions left in the minds of many who will walk away from this experience promising never to come back–or worse, joining the Republicans.

    Comment by C. Coakley — January 19, 2008 @ 11:12 pm

27. It was a huge win for Hillary, but from what i hear, Barack is leading in the delegates, 13 to 12. THAT is the most important thing. The delegates! When it comes time for the convention, the one with the most delegates gets the nomination, and will make their acceptance speech. I am undecided in the race, but anything is possible. I am voting for the best candidate available, the one who WILL fix Washington, the immigration train wreck, the iraq war, the housing crunch, and will get the deficit down, way under $1.05 trillion. If we keep borrowing from China and other countries to fund George Bush’s war, as well as other issues here at home, we are in for a heap of trouble! I am doing my homework, and studying the candidates, and will make my choice for the candidate who supports the issues that are most important in my opinion. I didn’t get to vote Saturday, for a personal reason. This election is the biggest one i’ve ever faced, and it’s vitally important that i choose the right person for the job.

    Comment by Ricky — January 20, 2008 @ 4:21 am

28. You have the headlines wrong! Clinton did not win the most delegates and that is what it is all about!!! Obama did! The even bigger news is that only 10,529 Dems voted while 44,315 Repulicans voted!! Are you trying to slant the news? It sure looks that way to me.

    Comment by MaryC — January 20, 2008 @ 9:43 am

29. Mary,

    We’re not slanting. We’re reporting on the delegate issue and here’s the numbers from the Dem Party themselves.

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    January 19, 2008

    UPDATED TURNOUT NUMBERS FOR NEVADA DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS

    The Nevada Democratic Party released the following turnout information today and will update this information later in the day:

    With 98 percent of the precincts reporting we are seeing record turnout with more than 115,800 caucus attendees.

    FOR MORE INFORMATION
    Kirsten Searer
    (702) XXX-XXXX

    Comment by Las Vegas Now Staff — January 20, 2008 @ 11:32 am

30. Hello. It is impossible for Obama to have won more delegates if Clinton won the state. Delegates are awarded according to a mathematical calculation that is based on the number of people standing for each candidate in the caucus.
    Secondly, I hope that in the future the Obama campaign refrains from coercive practices to “force” people to vote for him. It was in the news yesterday that Obama folks were telling people at some caucuses that they could not register to vote unless they promised to caucus for Obama! Deplorable!!!!! I can’t even believe it.
    Finally, I hope that KLAS news in the future stops calling Hillary’s win “slim”. Six percentage points, in my book, is a pretty good margin! They weren’t calling McCain’s win over Huckabee “very slim” in S. Carolina, so why use those phrases to describe Hillary’s win in Nevada.
    Finally, while I will support the Democratic candidate no matter what, I am very afraid of the huge “walk on water” promises being made by the Obama campaign. No single politician, even a president, can do all the “miraculous” things that his campaign is promising, especially in four or even eight years. Young, new voters don’t realize this yet, and it is that group he is targeting with his “I will be your saviour” message. There will be disappointment and this will potentially discourage those young voters in the future. Let’s get real about what is and isn’t possible in Washington!!!! Thank you!

    Comment by FW — January 20, 2008 @ 11:47 am

31. As to the caucus process, I was a chair, and I thought the process was an excellent example of “true Democracy” in action. I have never felt so much a part of an election as I did yesterday. Of course, being the first time, there are “bugs” that will need to be worked out, locations will need to be adjusted based on turnouts (ours was VERY overcrowded), and more training may be required for leaders. Personally, I went to the training, and I spent many hours reviewing my training materials. Our precinct caucus went very smoothly once everyone was in the room. The high turnout rates did make registration difficult in our site for all of the 5 precincts doing caucuses there, but that can be corrected in the future. As to requiring ID for voter registration, it is not legal to do so. No one was doing anything wrong by not asking for ID. Ultimately, as long as someone was registered to vote, they should be permitted to participate in the caucus. I do agree, however, with the process wherein group volunteers were asked to do the counts for their group. Chairs and Secretaries should do that, not group members. There is a safeguard, however, and that is the fact that the number of people standing, in the caucus mathematics calculations, does not change after the initial count done at the beginning of the caucus. In spite of a bit of disorganization, I LOVED the caucus and I hope that popular opinion does not prevent the state from trying it again. True Democracy in action, in my opinion!

    Comment by FW — January 20, 2008 @ 11:59 am

32. Clarification** of Statement by Nevada Democratic Party Chair Jill Derby
    (Las Vegas, NV) “The Nevada Democratic Party and its officials have taken great effort to maintain our neutrality in the presidential campaign and the integrity of our process. Today, two out of three Nevadans who caucused chose a Democrat instead of a Republican for president. That is an overwhelming majority vote for a new direction. Just like in Iowa, what was awarded today were delegates to the County Convention, of which Senator Clinton won the majority. No national convention delegates were awarded. That said, if the delegate preferences remain unchanged between now and April 2008, the calculations of national convention delegates being circulated by the Associated Press are correct. We look forward to our county and state conventions where we will choose the delegates for the nominee that Nevadans support.

    Comment by AM — January 20, 2008 @ 2:10 pm

33. I don’t believe it’s just a few “bugs” that need to be worked out…it’s the whole system. I prefer a primary any day over this caucus fiasco. There was plenty of time to prepare for this event as was mentioned earlier here I believe.

    If they want a fair and honest voting procedure and to guarantee that all voters choices are being counted, then maybe they should have one representative from each of the candidates precincts (and not just the “CHOSEN top three candidates either…ALL CANDIDATES running) to be allowed to supervise the votes as they come in. This way there will be no accusations of “missing ballots” or a necessity for recounts after elections which eventually wastes more time and money than it’s worth.

    I don’t think a caucus is the way to go. I bet alot more people would have turned out to cast their vote, had they had the right to privacy to cast it in the first place.

    And finally, to Dave B. it saddens me to no end how much the media has played up Obama and Hillary. My candidate(kucinich) was told by the U.S. Supreme court that he wasn’t allowed to have his issues heard here in Las Vegas at the Democratic Debate. Where is the justice and fairness in that?! Americans need to hear from ALL the candidates and not just a chosen few. I hear what you are saying and I agree.

    Right now this station(klas) is the only one I still watch for breaking news and weather reports and I have hope that they will continue fair journalistic practices in Las Vegas. And until they prove otherwise I think we still have hope that they will listen and CONTINUE do something positive for all the viewing voters here in Nevada.

    Comment by Barb Tonkovich — January 20, 2008 @ 5:09 pm

34. Yes, I went to the Caucus. It was a disapointment. Its really sad when you have an important political event that is only open so few hours. Boy, back east we have things called Primaries, and they last all day, so everyone who wants their voices heard can go and do so, not just those who wake up early or who happen to be off in the morning. But what am I thinking, oh well.

    I wish the media would get this right, but obviously they never will. While Hillary won the popular vote, Obama got the most amount of delegates. Am I not mistaken that the goal of caucuses is to get delegates. When the party conventions come around, its not going to be popular vote that matters its going to be the number of delegates and their votes.

    I agree with another poster, Hillary has only seemed to target a specific population and no one else in Nevada. If any democrat is going to win, i would want Obama to.

    Another sad thing is the lack of reporting on Republican Candidates, besides one or two. What about Ron Paul?

    LA Times said “Hidden behind all the hoopla, headlines and the Nevada caucus victories of Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton is one little-noticed but stunning political development and number:

    Ron Paul, the one-time Libertarian candidate and 10-term Republican congressman from Texas, was in second place. That’s right, Second Place… ahead of all other Republicans except Romney.”

    Dont know much about Ron Paul? i suggest you read up on him and his campaign

    Go Ron Paul!

    Comment by Theresa — January 21, 2008 @ 12:33 am

35. I am a registered Republican voter, one of many thousand who feft left out by the very process of a caucus this year. Both the Republican and Democratic representatives that I have seen on the news talking about the caucus problems as minor, and only affecting a few people, are completely out of touch with the reality of the situation! To start with, you get more accurate voting with a primary election, and you get more people able to actually show up and vote. From everything I have heard from people after the caucus, and on the news, anyone who thinks they actually WON anything here is very mistaken, and I think it’s a shame. I would like to know who it was that decided the state would have a caucus instead of a primary election in the first place, so I could give them a good piece of my mind also. In your lead in statement, you say, “Without your voice there is no democracy”. In the case of the Nevada caucus, this time around we had none. No voice, and no democracy for either party this year as far as I can tell in the State of Nevada, and if this is the way a caucus is supposed to be run, then I also feel sad for the people of the other states who have had to put up with it for years. One other thing i have noticed is a disparity in the vote count when compared with what the news channels were reporting on Saturday evening. All the news services touted our great turn out, with 100,000 voters participating, but the end count (as shown on the KLAS TV news site) only shows about 56,000 votes! Where did the other 44,000 votes go to?

    Comment by Nick Meyers — January 21, 2008 @ 12:41 am

36. From what i hear, it’s not good news to be an American who has the right to vote anymore. Diebold, the makers of the voting machines, say that the machines cannot be tampered with, but from what i’ve been hearing by some people “in the know”, the memory cards of such machines CAN be tampered with. That spells big trouble. That means that the powers that be, the ones who control everything, are not US, the PEOPLE. Democracy means “Rule by the People”, which is right and just, but in a system that’s so corrupt (just look at the 2000 election and the hanging chads) the presidential race is ALL BUT OVER! The ones who control everything WILL tamper with the Diebold voting machine memory cards. They will let in WHO THEY WANT to be our president. That’s sad, that this fiasco called voting is such a sham, that we really don’t have any say who is our next president.

    Comment by Ricky — January 21, 2008 @ 2:28 am

37. To everyone asking about the vote tally disparity — the Democratic Caucus is not a one person, one vote process.

    The final tally is based on a percentage of participation and not the actual head count.

    Comment by Las Vegas Now Staff — January 21, 2008 @ 3:16 pm

38. As was explained on Fox News, the afternoon of the Caucus… the count reported by the Democratic Party was the head count of delegates (not actual votes), while the numbers reported by the Republican Party were actual votes. This would explain the disparity of the numbers.
    I too was disappointed in the organization of the entire event. Since I have never participated in a caucus, I went online to find out as much as I could, but even the info online was vague, at best. I was not aware that I HAD to be there at 9:00am, showed up shortly after 10am and was there barely in time to cast a ballot for my candidate after finding the room I was supposed to go to. When I arrived at Manion Middle School I simply followed the crowd to the cafeteria, then saw a poster board directing each precinct to a particular room, or in some cases a completely different location. I will not, however, allow this disorganization to deter me from my privelege of voting for the candidate of my choice. I’m quite certain the next caucus (if we continue down this path) will be more organized, as we surely have learned from the mistakes made this last weekend.

    Comment by Nancy — January 21, 2008 @ 3:45 pm

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