Washington Caucus Results Thread

[RabbitMan]

my precinct Ron Paul Mitt 5, Ron Paul 2, Newt 1
delegates: 1 paul, 1 mitt

friend's precinct 5 Newt, Ron Paul 2, Mitt 2,
delegates: 2 newt

another precinct: 2 Ron Paul, delegates 2 Ron Paul (nobody else came)
one more like it: 2 Ron Paul, delegates 2 Ron Paul

This agrees with my experience. It seems that we KILL IT by just having one or two people show up at each precinct. It is when more than our 1 or 2 people show up that it starts to get hairy. Virtually impossible to convert.

 

[nyrgoal99]

From Daily Paul

18 Vote down!
small town of tonasket wa
Submitted by Ilovepaul on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 15:06.
the final straw vote was ron paul 33, santorum 21, gingrich 6, romney 14 it felt like a good majority of the deligates went for ron paul


Precinct 4101 Spokane
Submitted by WhiskeyBlade on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 14:41.
Straw Poll :
Ron Paul - 4
Rick Santorum - 1

1 Delegate (Me) For Ron Paul
1 alternate for Ron Paul

Victory here in my tiny neighborhood.

 

[Give me liberty]

Exactly, some of the precincts coming in have us third or fourth. People saying we have this or we could win are basing their statements on guts, feelings and perceptions of the atmosphere in their one little precinct.

Can someone explain this quote please?

 

[tsai3904]

For those that did not become delegates today, know that if you were a PCO, you would have been an AUTOMATIC delegate and not have to worry about getting voted in.

PCOs are VERY important. It is too late to become a PCO for this caucus but remember to file as a candidate for PCO beginning on June 7. If you file as a candidate on June 7 and win your election in the August 7 primary, you become a PCO. By just filing as a candidate, you will have a great shot at winning because most precincts don't have anyone running.

 

[Origanalist]

Just got back. It looked like Romney was carrying the day but there were a lot of Paul supporters at mine. my precinct was 14 to 4 Romney, the rest were Paul, but the precinct tabled right next to us only had one person and he was a Paul supporter.

 

[mosquitobite]

Voter fraud! I was at the door meeting people at 9:30am when one of the supporters ran up to me and told me they were turning people away. We waited for confirmation. At 9:45 they locked the doors, and told everyone too bad they should have showed up sooner. About 700 people were turned away from the caucus vote. This is bull. Atleast Ron Paul is doing great, spoke with someone at the Headquarters, they said that 70% of reported delegates are Ron Paul so far. Still awhile to go, but looking good atleast.

??
No mention of where?

 

[Gray Fullbuster]

Voter fraud! I was at the door meeting people at 9:30am when one of the supporters ran up to me and told me they were turning people away. We waited for confirmation. At 9:45 they locked the doors, and told everyone too bad they should have showed up sooner. About 700 people were turned away from the caucus vote. This is bull. Atleast Ron Paul is doing great, spoke with someone at the Headquarters, they said that 70% of reported delegates are Ron Paul so far. Still awhile to go, but looking good atleast.

Arrive at your caucus location with your guests no later than 9:30am on Saturday, March 3 (if you arrive at 10am, you will probably be too late). According to what the Washington GOP’s website currently states, you will cast your vote for Ron Paul as you check in at your precinct’s table.

source: http://rp2012.org/wacaucusinfo/

I would have came at 9 brah.

 

[jemuf]

Ron Paul won Klickitat County (Eastern Washington) with 38 out of about 150, and this was announced to the entire caucus. All the other candidates got about 30 to 35 votes.

Klickitat County had what was considered a good turnout...about 150. 149 were white and 95% were between 50 and 70. I think there was 2 young women there.

The caucus was extremely informal. I can see how elections are won and lost.

Stacks of ballots were passed down the rows. Voters took a ballot and passed the stack. The straw vote was check the box next to your candidate's name, and then the ballots were put in to baskets. I have no idea who did the counting or where.


My precinct awarded one Ron Paul supporter as a 1st level (county) delegate and myself as an alternate. The PCO and other delegate are older women who support Gingrich (amazing). Knowing a little about the process was important because we almost got steamed rolled. When the PCO asked for volunteer delegates the Gingrich supporter immediately raised her hand and her friend seconded her.

Only after the 2 delegates and alternates were chosen did someone ask the question, "Hey how do we know who these delegates support?". He was on older Romney supporter who didn't understand the process.

There needs to be a strong push for delegates to be thoroughly knowledgeable about Roberts Rules of Order. It was obvious that it was 2 camps against each other: the one camp that's been doing this for years and the second camp of Ron Paul supporters.

 

[JJ2]

RINOino ‏ @ConservaZAG Close
Precinct 4415 Straw Poll Results: @RonPaul 18 - @RickSantorum 11 - @MittRomney 8 - @NewtGingrich 0 #WaCaucus

 

[pauliticalfan]

ConservaZAG: Precinct 4415 Straw Poll Results: @RonPaul 18 - @RickSantorum 11 - @MittRomney 8 - @NewtGingrich 0 #WaCaucus

 

[pauliticalfan]

Yeah, screw you Romney. Everyone thinks you're gonna win, but you just got third in that precinct.

 

[tsai3904]

The PCO and other delegate are older women who support Gingrich (amazing). Knowing a little about the process was important because we almost got steamed rolled.

File as a candidate for PCO on June 7 and become the PCO.

 

[jcannon98188]

@Gray

I made it in. So did about 380 people. But they closed the doors at 9:45. That is 15 minutes earlier than they were supposed to. They were also intentionally slowing down allowing people to come in at 9:30. I was receiving reports of people pretending to be officials telling people that they can not vote as early as 9:35.

@Mosquito. Sorry, District 30, Federal Way.

 

[pauliticalfan]

https://twitter.com/#!/SeaTimesFotoKen/status/176043440990191617/photo/1

Ugh, disgusting. Although it is symbolic of the struggle we've faced this entire primary season. The old people just won't budge, no matter what you say or do.

 

[jemuf]

Voter fraud! I was at the door meeting people at 9:30am when one of the supporters ran up to me and told me they were turning people away. We waited for confirmation. At 9:45 they locked the doors, and told everyone too bad they should have showed up sooner. About 700 people were turned away from the caucus vote. This is bull. Atleast Ron Paul is doing great, spoke with someone at the Headquarters, they said that 70% of reported delegates are Ron Paul so far. Still awhile to go, but looking good atleast.

There's no way 700 people were turned away. 98188 is a Seattle zip code. Why did you create a user name with your zip code?

"Atleast Ron Paul is doing great, spoke with someone at the Headquarters, they said that 70% of reported delegates are Ron Paul so far"

That doesn't make sense.

I believe you are here to cause trouble.

 

[Origanalist]

Voter fraud! I was at the door meeting people at 9:30am when one of the supporters ran up to me and told me they were turning people away. We waited for confirmation. At 9:45 they locked the doors, and told everyone too bad they should have showed up sooner. About 700 people were turned away from the caucus vote. This is bull. Atleast Ron Paul is doing great, spoke with someone at the Headquarters, they said that 70% of reported delegates are Ron Paul so far. Still awhile to go, but looking good atleast.

I find it very strange that our doors were NOT shut at 10:00. In fact, the last time I looked at 10:40 there were still people coming in. I'm not sure if they shut them at all.

 

[Gray Fullbuster]

I find it very stranger that Our doors were NOT shut at 10:00. In fact, the last time I looked at 10:40 there were still people coming in. I'm not sure if they shut them at all.

Close em!

 

[RabbitMan]

For those that did not become delegates today, know that if you were a PCO, you would have been an AUTOMATIC delegate and not have to worry about getting voted in.

PCOs are VERY important. It is too late to become a PCO for this caucus but remember to file as a candidate for PCO beginning on June 7. If you file as a candidate on June 7 and win your election in the August 7 primary, you become a PCO. By just filing as a candidate, you will have a great shot at winning because most precincts don't have anyone running.

Can you stop with the talking down to us? I've stated this everywhere, even if there is no one in your precinct that is a PCO, they don't have to appoint you. In fact, I was told if the GOP googled my name and anything related to Paul came up, I was probably not going to be selected. They knew the game we were running and there was reportedly bad blood between the '08 Paul Washington state campaign and the State/local GOP. Just stop, we tried.

Regarding closures: Everybody was very nice and pleasant and understanding. The reason our lines slowed down was because a lot of people did not bring their voter registration and so had to be looked up on volunteers' smartphones to see if they were registered. But everyone I saw got in, had about 100ish.

 

[jcarcinogen]

The rules we were given at our pooled caucus didn't start the caucus until 10:30.

 

[helmuth_hubener]

It was very clear that the doors were not supposed to close until 10 AM, and in fact then the State Party changed that to 10:30. They just broke the rules. The bylaws should have something in there about what happens if people break the rules. Let's hope it involves getting punched in the teeth.

And kicked out of the party permanently.

And Ron Paul winning.