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Caucus chair uncovers discrepancies
By Adrienne Lee
Volunteers who worked the Jester Center caucus on Tuesday are suspicious of at least one of the caucus lists, the precinct chairman said late Thursday night. At least three students who signed the list verified that the candidates attached to their names were not the candidates they voted for.
Government senior Ray Skidmore, precinct chair for the voting precinct that includes all UT dorms, said one of the caucus volunteers on Thursday noticed almost identical handwriting on one of the caucus sheets. Volunteers were recounting the caucus numbers Wednesday and Thursday, Skidmore said, just to double-check before turning them in today. Information from all caucuses - forms and the official delegate counts - are due to the Travis County clerk's office today by 6 p.m. When recounting, the volunteer noticed a whole list had Sen. Hillary Clinton written in similar handwriting in the presidential preference column for each of the six voters on that list. Skidmore started calling each of the voters on the list when he reached finance senior Ronesha Holmes, who told him she did not write Clinton as her preference; Holmes said she was instructed to leave that line blank. Even one discrepancy threw up a flag of suspicion, Skidmore said. As he continued calling people on the list Thursday, he found that two other students, history and pre-med sophomore Abigail Cheney and government sophomore Adam Aldrete, said they did not fill in a presidential preference and that Clinton was not who they would have listed. "I think it's pretty disappointing," Skidmore said. "It might not affect the [number of] delegates, but it's the integrity of the process that may turn people off." He added that he was sorry for the inconveniences or problems the situation may cause. Both Cheney and Aldrete said those in their caucus line were given a sheet of paper and told to fill out as much information as possible and that the last person in line would take the list to the appropriate caucus official. The Texan strives to present all information fairly, accurately and completely.
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Anne
posted 3/07/08 @ 11:35 AM CST
Ray, as much as this report disturbs me, I am impressed with your diligence in dealing with the issue. Thank you for your hard work.
Ursa
posted 3/07/08 @ 1:37 PM CST
Hillary just doesn't get it.
Some of us will NOT vote for her, not on any ticket.
The tricks are juvenile and shameful for the party.
It's not "smart and clever" and in the end, she loses, we all lose. (Continued…)
James
posted 3/07/08 @ 2:25 PM CST
I agree with Ursa. Hillary has a run a corrupt and dirty campaign and she sent out material to her caucus supporters encouraging them to bend the rules. (Continued…)
Timothy Bray
posted 3/07/08 @ 3:33 PM CST
I was the volunteer who caught the discrepancy, and I want to give credit to Ray Skidmore for pursuing this and dealing with it very professionally. I noticed the handwriting similarity but was ready to let it go after bringing it to Ray and looking closer realizing the people's names and addresses were written in different hand writing (I had noticed a general hand writing similarity, but hadn't noticed that it existed specifically in the candidate preference column). (Continued…)
youngharry
youngharry
posted 3/07/08 @ 4:37 PM CST
The only thing that can be said about this is that it once again proves that the Hillary Camp will do anything to win, no matter how dishonest or unethical. (Continued…)
Donna
posted 3/07/08 @ 4:46 PM CST
Am I surprised? No way.... Hopefully chairman will forewarn upcoming states with caucus scheduled to watch for these corrupt Hillary events. Praise the Lord for the people who were alert to this and also the chairman for taking this into his investigation. (Continued…)
DanaRose Crystal
posted 3/08/08 @ 3:19 PM CST
This sort of thing can turn honest voters off--see how many replies are angry about suspected corruption in politics. It is the sort of thing that people need to be aware of and vigilant against. (Continued…)
Jhoffa_
posted 3/09/08 @ 9:58 AM CST
The establishment NEEDS Hillary in office. She must be elected in '08.
Otherwise the evil deeds of he husband and the two Bush family members will come to light. (Continued…)
Mike Doyle
posted 3/09/08 @ 10:06 AM CST
Take it from a politically unbiased Brit, this pantomime in which you participate with good intentions has been set in stone for a long time. Hilary is to be your president. (Continued…)
hp
posted 3/09/08 @ 10:09 AM CST
Amazing how people are so naive to believe their votes are real. So puffed in their brainwashed activities to self deny the truth that, in the immortal words of Uncle Joe Stalin; "it's not who votes that counts, it's who COUNTS the votes. (Continued…)
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