Nevada Caucus could be a disaster

[Morphine Prince 109,645]

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.

The concerns, which were described on condition of anonymity because the volunteers are not authorized to speak to reporters, come at a perilous moment for the Democratic Party. As the third state on the primary calendar and the first with a significant minority population, Nevada holds huge importance in the nomination contest. The debacle in Iowa cost one state party chairman his job and threatened the standing of the national party chairman, while casting doubts about whether the results from party-run caucuses can be trusted.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/16/nevada-avoid-iowa-caucus-mess-115437

 

[WhiteWitch 720]

Google forms are usually pretty self explanatory though so I’m gonna take this with some salt and remain optimistically calm about it. 

[FATCAT 60,886]

4 minutes ago, WhiteWitch said:

Google forms are usually pretty self explanatory though so I’m gonna take this with some salt and remain optimistically calm about it. 

The problem is that those google forms are probably not secure, as anyone with the link could easily cloud the data pool with false information. 

Let's just pray that they don't fuck this up again, it was embarrassing enough in Iowa.

[rumours 45,521]

13 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

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.

Oh my god this is gonna be a mess

Inb4 "We have scrapped all Google Forms and have decided to use PictoChat for our reporting."

[Whispering 18,865]

Remember how smoothly NH went? 

We need to move to an all primary system! 

[ItsTommyBitch 12,640]

That they are discouraging people from keeping records of the totals in the case of a mess is kind of concerning to me. People should take photos with w.e they have anyway. The only reason we know that hundreds of votes were miscalculated in IA is because precinct captains, supervisors, and attendees documented everything  

[StarstruckIllusion 53,562]

Google Forms...

oh my god no

Someone clogged the phone lines by leaking the number... chile and they think google forums will be any better... nightmare. 

[Auro 1,829]

1 hour ago, rumours said:

Oh my god this is gonna be a mess

Inb4 "We have scrapped all Google Forms and have decided to use PictoChat for our reporting."

"Ok everyone, forget those old votes, we're gonna count to 3 and have everyone cheer for their favorite candidate"