These misdeeds were also done at the state level with efforts to try to control who got into the state convention, and to prevent them from being selected to go to the National Convention. When the votes were tallied by one person who walked onto the convention floor, there was no-one there to question the procedure. He had every opportunity to change the list of elected delegates, since the results were known only to that one person: the head of the state party.
There was one instance where all the names of registered voters from A to G were left back at the town office and were not available at the caucus. People waited only to be handed slips of paper and were told their votes would be counted at a later date.
The reason I warn of these things, is because of the blase' attitude shown by Pete Buttigieg on CNN the next day after the disastrous Iowa Caucus (and also CBS) to crow about his "victory." He framed his results, which were based upon no actual vote counts, as his "victory" in every text or tweet. He seemed to have every confidence that nothing could oppose him, as though the fix was in, the narrative was set, and it was up to those in the progressive camp to stop their theft of the results. It is up to us, since the media have demonstrated in debates and coverage, that they are collectively attempting to prevent Sanders' success.
Surprisingly the Sanders campaign had an app of their own that they used during the caucus, and they later showed their own results. Bernie will not be rolled over as he was last time either with his counts, or with loaded dice with pre-loaded results.
We will see this over and over during the next months of primaries and it is going to get nasty. The reason I'm spelling it out now is so you can beware. Know that these attempts will happen, and that you must be prepared to care about your future and fight for it. I believe that these efforts matter and you will prevail; we will prevail together, and I urge you not to give up! Go in your head held high, and hang in there!
PS: If you are running as a Candidate for Bernie, see my blog at TellingoftheTruth.blogspot.com for my experience with the Party's efforts to prevent me from being the Party State Rep Candidate
Laurie Dobson, who contributed this article to ThisCantBeHappening!, says: I am a peace-and-justice activist who ran in Connecticut for Dem State Rep in '02, as an Indie for US Senate in Maine in '08, and as a Bernie candidate for State Rep in Maine in 2016. I worked hard for the 2016 Bernie primary campaign but, unhappy with his decision after Hillary's nomination to quit his campaign and endorse her, I attended his pro-Hillary rally Nov. 1st, 2016, where I was arrested for waving a green scarf for Jill Stein. I am supporting Bernie again now.
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