**NEVADA** State Convention updates here

[Constitutional Paulicy]

The Ron Paul supporter who was interviewed said they plan to address that with points and motions once all of the delegates are seated.

It seems as if the original 1146+alternates will vote on if newcomers are to be allowed or not.

The problem is that the delegates who will be voting on this are inclusive of the 400+ late comers, and they cant distinguish who those individuals are in order to exclude them.

 

[twomp]

The problem is the people that REGISTERED and were CREDENTIALED after 9am. They WILL be allowed in to be seated.

I don't think we should get as worked up about this as we seem to be doing. IF they ARE registered and credentialed, then they are simply late voters. I personally have been late to many events so I don't see the correlation between being late AND cheating. If there are rules that say that late comers MUST be removed then they should handle that but I don't think being late is the same as cheating especially if they are Registered and Credentialed.

 

[kathy88]

is it possible for someone to post a picture of the fake delegate badges?

Love to see vid of a romney supporter handing out fake RP slates wearing RP gear. THAT would get some attention.

 

[EvilNight]

He seems to be genuinely trying to handle things in a fair and orderly manner. But the situation is just so FUBAR ... not his fault, though.

I agree. The panel seems simply overwhelmed by the bickering, it caught them completely off guard. I suspect they took the lunch break so abruptly both to sort out the delegates and to try and find out WTF is going on and to find some way to proceed. Ron Paul is speaking there later and at this rate it doesn't look like they will be done in time. The chair mentioned that and asked that people try to calm down.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Is it possible after this is done that a class action lawsuit can be made against whoever was caught doing this?

 

[rb3b3]

when will they be reconvening?

 

[EvilNight]

Did the stream catch a picture of any of the fake badges or people handing out fake sheets? Is the stream recorded? Or is it played and dumped?

The fellow doing the streaming has mentioned several times that he plans to upload the entire thing to youtube. He's been taking pictures and talking to people about the proceedings over the lunch break.

 

[Badger Paul]

I'm glad RP is there because he needs to see up close and personal what is being done to try and stop him and go from there accordingly.

 

[Lightweis]

Stream??????????????

 

[digitaldean]

The problem is that the delegates who will be voting on this are inclusive of the 400+ late comers, and they cant distinguish who those individuals are in order to exclude them.

Did they do a fake vote and Mitt won? Now did everyone vote plus the guests? Any chance at least half of those 400 are for Paul?

 

[Karsten]

is it possible for someone to post a picture of the fake delegate badges?

 

[AdamT]

Stream??????????????

http://www.ustream.tv/channel-popup/nevadaconvention

It's not back up yet.

 

[GRNBO]

Go ahead Romney... slip up and do something stupid.

There are tens of thousands of people watching diligently.

 

[Barrex]

Is it possible after this is done that a class action lawsuit can be made against whoever was caught doing this?

Lol. If Ron Paul people take over Nevada GOP they can do it (just one funny possibility)

There are always a ways.

 

[Danan]

The Ron Paul supporter who was interviewed said they plan to address that with points and motions once all of the delegates are seated.

It seems as if the original 1146+alternates will vote on if newcomers are to be allowed or not.

That's the crucial point of this whole convention. If the late comers are allowed to vote on whether or not they can vote later on the Romney people will have a majority. If they are excluded from this vote then Ron Paul should win it.

The bad thing about it: this depends totally on the party's (or the chair's) interpretation of the rule and on how they (or he) decide(s) how to vote. So this whole convention comes down to: Will the late comers be allowed to vote or not and this is therefore not really up to the delegates - because the result is predeterminated on who's eligible to vote.

 

[Titus]

Captain America, class action would be inappropriate. The delegates themselves have no demonstrable injury. However, the people involved in handing out fake slates may be looking at jail time depending on the state. Frankly, there are too many laws to analyze and not enough facts ATM to comment more than that. I would need a day and obviously nothing I say on here is legal advice or law practice in Maine. Duh but it has to be said.

 

[rp713]

stream is starting to come back up. someone on the stream said that they're not letting anyone in the room without an ID and an official delegate badge. no visitors allowed. good.

 

[kathy88]

John Yowan ‏ @Yowan
State IDs and Delegate badges are now required to enter room at #NVGOP convention! Good! ( #nvgop live at http://ustre.am/Khxm/1)

 

[drummergirl]

Not at this point; once the alternates are seated and the credentials committee report is accepted, that's it.

WE HAVE TO REMOVE THOSE 400 PEOPLE THAT SIGNED IN AFTER 9 AM!!!!!!!!!!!! CAN WE DO THIS? IS THIS POSSIBLE?

Edit:
are we really sure that everyone who was late was for Romney? To be seated at all, they have to have been on the alternates list. Did we really have a bunch of RP delegates who no-showed? (Obviously, someone might be really sick or have an emergency and not make it, but I'm thinking that would be a very small number)

 

[Barrex]

Captain America, class action would be inappropriate. The delegates themselves have no demonstrable injury. However, the people involved in handing out fake slates may be looking at jail time depending on the state. Frankly, there are too many laws to analyze and not enough facts ATM to comment more than that. I would need a day and obviously nothing I say on here is legal advice or law practice in Maine.

Nevada

Duh but it has to be said.

Covering your own ass