Real Clear Politics: "Chaos At Nevada Democratic Convention"

[lindysalsagal]

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/05/15/chaos_at_nevada_democratic_convention_dnc_leaders_flee_building_as_sanders_supporters_demand_recount.html

Chaos At Nevada Democratic Convention; State Party Chair Flees Building As Sanders Supporters Demand Recount
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By Tim Hains
Posted on May 15, 2016

(Update/clarification: This situation escalated out of control when Roberta Lange, Chairwoman of the Nevada State Democratic Party & member of the national DNC Executive Committee subjectively called the results of a voice vote, adjourned the meeting using a gavel, and left. According to a Democratic Party spokesman, the national party or its Chair, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, "did not have a part in this.&quot
Roberta Lange Illegally Ends Nevada Convention

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[Thinkingabout]

1. There is not a good reason to stay when the telling and booing started, order of the

Convention was lost, walk away.

[TexasTowelie]

2. How is it illegal?

There are not any laws that specify how a convention must end.

[SusanCalvin]

6. Laws, no. Rules, one assumes. nt

[lindysalsagal]

7. Watch the videos at the links: Nothing sounds like a legit process.

No attempt was made to listen to the crowd for a real voice vote, or to hold a serious vote, and she ran out the door!

Does that sound legal to you??

These people forget that everyone has a cell phone in their pocket these days. This is despicable.

[TexasTowelie]

11. I watched the video.

The closing is legal if the business of the convention is concluded. No laws were broken. All that can be heard is noise and if the chair believes that she has the aye votes to closed the convention then she acted properly no matter how much noise there is.

[lindysalsagal]

3. Washington Post spins it to sound like Bernie's people were in the wrong.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/05/15/heres-what-happened-at-saturdays-dramatic-nevada-democratic-convention/

But there are enough unclear statements in this WAPO article to leave room for an entirely different story: It appears that the party was breaking rules right and left in order to keep the Bernie delegates from voting, giving the win to HRC.

This smells. I mean, like rotten eggs.

I'm waiting for a statement from Bernie on this.

[SusanCalvin]

5. WAPO spin? Surprise, surprise... nt

[CentralMass]

13. A paper worthy of lining hamster cages these days.

[sadoldgirl]

4. GARBAGE! If you don't allow both sides

to vote, and then run away, you should be forced
to quit your job immediately!

[mooseprime]

8. ^^^^^^^^^^ this! ^^^^^^^^^^ n/t

[lindysalsagal]

9. Coverage on The Hill: Sounds fishy, more videos

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/279939-clinton-nets-two-delegates-at-raucous-nev-convention

Lots of booing, and rule changes. Over 50 Bernie delegates weren't allowed into the caucus at the last minute. The DNC claimed they were registered as republicans. How could that be?

[lindysalsagal]

10. las vegas sun: "Sanders supporters sue Nevada Democratic Party"

May 6th: (Convention leaders fight for control of the proceedings: Bernie's people or Hillary's)
http://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/may/06/sanders-supporters-sue-nevada-democratic-party/

Sanders supporters sue Nevada Democratic Party

The eight plaintiffs applied for election to the state party’s executive board and had their applications denied by party chair Roberta Lange and its executive director Zach Zaragoza — who are also named as defendants in the lawsuit — after the applicants missed the April 25 filing deadline, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit states that the plaintiffs were under the impression that the filing deadline was April 29 after reading a document titled “Final Election Rules.”

The plaintiffs allege that the party, Lange, and Zaragoza kept the April 25 deadline secret and that such an action not only violates the party’s internal rules but also Nevada election law. The lawsuit asks that the court allow any applicants who filed by April 29 to run for party office, as well as for attorney fees and damages.

[lindysalsagal]

12. News 8, ABC:

Kolo TV, Channel * ABC

http://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Democrats-weigh-in-on-presidential-race-at-Nevada-convention-379528701.html

UPDATE: Nevada Democrats fight allegations of unfairness

By AP | Posted: Sat 9:22 AM, May 14, 2016 | Updated: Sun 9:20 AM, May 15, 2016

A member of the convention credentials committee presented a "minority report" after the announcement, criticizing the committee's decision to disqualify nearly 60 potential Sanders delegates and saying it didn't align with Democratic values.

Party officials said the ineligible Sanders supporters weren't registered as Democrats by a May 1 deadline or didn't provide necessary personal information. They said eight would-be Clinton supporters were also disqualified.

The state party said it abided by rules adopted by Clinton and Sanders supporters alike.

[pdsimdars]

14. Did you read the OP by someone from Washington who was a long time Democrat

and was going to their convention as a Bernie delegate, only somehow, from the time they voted until the convention, SOMEHOW her voter registration was changed to Republican and they said she could not participate.

This sounds familiar.

[Marr]

15. Hillary supporters should be ashamed of themselves for supporting this shit.