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Caucus-Crazy!
Just finished the caucus. As PCO (that's Precinct Committee Officer for you yahoos ;) I was in charge of my precinct. I hadn't realized how big my precinct was...or rather, that my precinct was the biggest in my area. Nine delegates...compared to every other precinct in that area being 3, 4, or 5. I had 53 people show up...we had our own room!
I showed up about 11:30, and got right to work helping out. We had lot's of people showing up early, which is great because we very quickly became busy. There was no WiFi there, but we still had to help people find their precinct if they didn't bring their voter registration card. I was using my iPhone in the beginning, and then was able to use the Chair's satellite-connected laptop too. Still, I suddenly realized that I had some twenty people to help...
And I was the only one at the front desk all of the sudden! Yikes!
I pulled it off some how. In the end, I wasn't able to join my precinct until after the Chair began speaking. It was *crowded* in the Criminal Justice Center, where we met. Compare that to four years ago, where we had hardly anyone showing up at the precinct level. It was *awesome*!
Everyone had lot's of questions, and I was glad that the former PCO of my precinct was there to help me out (he's a good friend of mine). We did our tallys, then I asked if anyone wanted to change their votes, especially the undecideds. We had one woman who kept coming back to change her vote! Heh.
In the end everything worked out very well. Everyone was very much involved. We had lot's of people registering to vote. We had lot's of families showing up...parent/child, grandparent/grandchild combinations...which really impressed me. Lot's of different ethnicities. And everyone felt like we were all just Americans, being a part of the process.
The tally? Our caucus area is (trying to remember) 59 Obama, 32 Clinton, 1 undecided (and 1 Kucinich). I was able to see the tally from most of the other caucus areas in my legislative district as well (only two weren't done by the time I left), and though I don't remember the raw numbers off the top of my head, all of them were in the same vein...the largest delegates going to Obama. There's no question that Obama will carry the 33rd district.
ETA: Just got the final results in from the 33rd Legislative District. 144 precincts participated. Obama 393, Clinton 198, Undecided 11, Kucinich 1.
I showed up about 11:30, and got right to work helping out. We had lot's of people showing up early, which is great because we very quickly became busy. There was no WiFi there, but we still had to help people find their precinct if they didn't bring their voter registration card. I was using my iPhone in the beginning, and then was able to use the Chair's satellite-connected laptop too. Still, I suddenly realized that I had some twenty people to help...
And I was the only one at the front desk all of the sudden! Yikes!
I pulled it off some how. In the end, I wasn't able to join my precinct until after the Chair began speaking. It was *crowded* in the Criminal Justice Center, where we met. Compare that to four years ago, where we had hardly anyone showing up at the precinct level. It was *awesome*!
Everyone had lot's of questions, and I was glad that the former PCO of my precinct was there to help me out (he's a good friend of mine). We did our tallys, then I asked if anyone wanted to change their votes, especially the undecideds. We had one woman who kept coming back to change her vote! Heh.
In the end everything worked out very well. Everyone was very much involved. We had lot's of people registering to vote. We had lot's of families showing up...parent/child, grandparent/grandchild combinations...which really impressed me. Lot's of different ethnicities. And everyone felt like we were all just Americans, being a part of the process.
The tally? Our caucus area is (trying to remember) 59 Obama, 32 Clinton, 1 undecided (and 1 Kucinich). I was able to see the tally from most of the other caucus areas in my legislative district as well (only two weren't done by the time I left), and though I don't remember the raw numbers off the top of my head, all of them were in the same vein...the largest delegates going to Obama. There's no question that Obama will carry the 33rd district.
ETA: Just got the final results in from the 33rd Legislative District. 144 precincts participated. Obama 393, Clinton 198, Undecided 11, Kucinich 1.
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