This October 30 newspaper story reports that the Republican Party of Nevada finally counted the votes from its 2008 presidential caucus in the 2nd U.S. House district. The 2nd distrist is the district that encompasses almost all of the state of Nevada except Las Vegas and its suburbs. The returns show that three Ron Paul delegates would have been sent to the national convention, instead of three John McCain delegates, if the votes had been counted.
The ballots had been locked up for 18 months in a casino cashiers cage at the Peppermill, where the state convention had been held. Thanks to Jack Dean for the link.
Moral of the story:
VOTE INDEPENDENT AMERICAN!
It isn’t just 3 delegates who were impacted, it is the vote at the RNC for the state of Nevada. Sue Lowden’s group stopped the voting by walking out, then said they’d have a new convention but didn’t, appointing state delegates by conference call with no vote at all.
Essentially, Ron Paul had come in 2d behind Romney in the state, and when Romney delegates chose second choice after Romney bowed out, they chose Ron Paul, not McCain. The rest of the votes would have gone to Ron Paul delegates as well, because the room was voting something like 280 to less than 80 for Ron Paul delegates and against McCain delegates. That is WHY the lights were turned off – the GOP ‘leadership’ didn’t have the votes even to call a recess.
How many delegates per candidate would have been going to the GOP national convention when the final vote was totaled?