The Nevada State Democratic Party released new updates to its presidential caucus procedures, expanding to four days of in-person early voting as Democrats brace for record participation in the 2020 White House campaign
The Nevada State Democratic Party released new updates to its presidential caucus procedures, expanding to four days of in-person early voting and virtual caucuses as Democrats brace for record participation in the 2020 White House campaign.
Nevada Democrats, who have enjoyed critical early-state status since 2008, are aiming to boost voter turnout and fix conflict points that plagued the state's 2016 caucuses. Among the key revisions: The party will lock in delegates for 2020 candidates on Caucus Day instead of relying on an extended series of events — a shift from 2016, when Bernie Sanders supporters accused party leaders of stacking the extended process against them at the state convention, leading to raucous protests.
Nevada Democrats will not release any vote totals during early voting, instead holding onto those statistics until the close of Caucus Day. But the party will release the raw vote totals — a change from 2016, when the party only shared the delegates won in each precinct, not the vote totals. Rather than assigning some pledged delegates during county or state conventions after the caucus, the party confirmed that it will allocate them on Caucus Day based on the caucus-level results. In 2016, Sanders supporters, angered over Hillary Clinton's delegate victory and alleged deceit in the caucus process, protested at the state party's convention, forcing the Paris Las Vegas hotel to
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