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I he nominating process begins with what used to be called “mass meetings” in each of the states 136 counties and cities. However, in many areas harboring hundreds of thousands of voters only a few hundred — or sometimes a few dozen — turned out at these meetings. In recognition of the fact that the turnouts have not been exactly as massive as the name of the meetings implied, their name was recently changed officially in the Democratic Party to “caucuses.” (The GOP continues to call them mass meetings).
At these gatherings the delegates and alternates are elected who eventually go to the state nominating convention.
But the meetings are run by local party officials and workers. The temptation is great to overenforce, underenforce or generally interpret the rules governing the meetings in ways which would benefit the candidates favored by the officials. But beyond any intentional skulduggery, the rules are so complicated that errors are easily made. Even the most well intentioned party officers could fall easily into procedural traps which might make the results of their caucuses subject to challenge.
In the caucuses held on March 30 and April 1 to choose delegates for Baliles and Davis, 3,500 delegates were elected. Baliles emerged with about 88 more than Davis. Davis is chal
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