Nevada’s Democratic and Republican parties will caucuses this Saturday to decide a presidential candidate. Because they are caucuses and not primaries, the process is different from the way most Nevadans have voted in the past. There are no absentee ballots and no early voting at malls and supermarkets. You have to show up at a certain time and place on Saturday to pick your candidate. I am registered as a Independent, in November, I pick who i think is the best regardless of their designated party. Unfortunately I can not attend the caucuses this Saturday unless I commit now to one of the parties. I will not give up my Independent status. Nevada Democrat's report to their caucus site by 11 a.m. There are 520 sites.
The caucus will begin and the voters break into groups for each candidate.If the candidate's group does not meet the threshold to win at least one delegate, voters can break off and join other groups. The entire process takes around 2 hours.
If you are a registered Republican you need to be at your site at 9 a.m. Republicans only have 100 sites to go to. The caucus is run differently than the Democratic contest in that your vote will be secret. First, people will select delegates and alternates to conventions using paper ballots.After the delegates are picked, voters are encouraged to vote in a straw poll, using voting machines. The entire republican process takes around 30 minutes.
It will be interesting to see whom Nevadians will pick as their candidate. Being close to Utah, a strong Morman state, will Mitt Romney win the Republican vote? The democratic caucus will be too close to tell. Just hope the best person wins.
No comments:
Post a Comment