ABC News: IA R & D caucus location websites don't work for new voters

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

"Iowa Political Parties Acknowledge Major Gap in Online Caucus Tool"
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/iowa-political-parties-acknowledge-major-gap-online-caucus/story?id=36616607

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Sheer coincidence that this makes things more difficult for a new voters who are more likely to support anti-establishment candidates, I'm sure.

[Torie]

A voter with half a brain, would just use a next door address. You know, pick somebody who has lived there for awhile, and owns their home, or whatever.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

A voter with half a brain, would just use a next door address. You know, pick somebody who has lived there for awhile, and owns their home, or whatever.

You're assuming Trump voters have half a brain? Quite a leap.

[ProgressiveCanadian]

A voter with half a brain, would just use a next door address. You know, pick somebody who has lived there for awhile, and owns their home, or whatever.

You're assuming Trump voters have half a brain? Quite a leap.

Well they don't have a full brain that's for sure.

[RFayette]

A voter with half a brain, would just use a next door address. You know, pick somebody who has lived there for awhile, and owns their home, or whatever.

You're assuming Trump voters have half a brain? Quite a leap.

Says a Trump supporter?

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

A voter with half a brain, would just use a next door address. You know, pick somebody who has lived there for awhile, and owns their home, or whatever.

That assumes someone isn't on the edge of precinct boundary.

[Torie]

A voter with half a brain, would just use a next door address. You know, pick somebody who has lived there for awhile, and owns their home, or whatever.

That assumes someone isn't on the edge of precinct boundary.

Precinct lines run along streets (as do census blocks). So just pick an address on your side of the block.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

A voter with half a brain, would just use a next door address. You know, pick somebody who has lived there for awhile, and owns their home, or whatever.

You're assuming Trump voters have half a brain? Quite a leap.

Says a Trump supporter?

I'm an equal opportunity offender

[Eraserhead]

Ugh. RIP Bernie.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

A voter with half a brain, would just use a next door address. You know, pick somebody who has lived there for awhile, and owns their home, or whatever.

That assumes someone isn't on the edge of precinct boundary.

Precinct lines run along streets (as do census blocks). So just pick an address on your side of the block.

This is Iowa so I imagine a lot of people may not live on such a block.

[Adam Griffin]

A voter with half a brain, would just use a next door address. You know, pick somebody who has lived there for awhile, and owns their home, or whatever.

That assumes someone isn't on the edge of precinct boundary.

Precinct lines run along streets (as do census blocks). So just pick an address on your side of the block.

This is Iowa so I imagine a lot of people may not live on such a block.

Any voter with half a brain is going to know that precinct lines always run along the street.

[Ebsy]

That sucks.

[Alcon]

I doubt a significant proportion of caucus attendees will be newly-registered voters.  It might ding Sanders a little (college students), but I imagine the vast majority of first-time caucusgoers will be established registered voters.

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I doubt a significant proportion of caucus attendees will be newly-registered voters.  It might ding Sanders a little (college students), but I imagine the vast majority of first-time caucusgoers will be established registered voters.

Well, that's the point, it dings 17 (they can vote if 18 by the general election) and 18 year olds the most, who are strongly Bernie.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

A voter with half a brain, would just use a next door address. You know, pick somebody who has lived there for awhile, and owns their home, or whatever.

That assumes someone isn't on the edge of precinct boundary.

Precinct lines run along streets (as do census blocks). So just pick an address on your side of the block.

This is Iowa so I imagine a lot of people may not live on such a block.

Any voter with half a brain is going to know that precinct lines always run along the street.

Any voter with half a brain should realize that precinct lines do not extend indefinitely and so must be defined ultimately by polygons.

But you're right, we should do a test to make sure anyone can figure it all out before they have a right to vote!

[bigedlb]

Trump has a number to call, an they can look up caucus site by address

[Adam Griffin]

A voter with half a brain, would just use a next door address. You know, pick somebody who has lived there for awhile, and owns their home, or whatever.

That assumes someone isn't on the edge of precinct boundary.

Precinct lines run along streets (as do census blocks). So just pick an address on your side of the block.

This is Iowa so I imagine a lot of people may not live on such a block.

Any voter with half a brain is going to know that precinct lines always run along the street.

Any voter with half a brain should realize that precinct lines do not extend indefinitely and so must be defined ultimately by polygons.

But you're right, we should do a test to make sure anyone can figure it all out before they have a right to vote!

I was being sarcastic based on some previous comments made...

[Alcon]

I doubt a significant proportion of caucus attendees will be newly-registered voters.  It might ding Sanders a little (college students), but I imagine the vast majority of first-time caucusgoers will be established registered voters.

Well, that's the point, it dings 17 (they can vote if 18 by the general election) and 18 year olds the most, who are strongly Bernie.

Assuming they live at an address without any other registered voters.  How many 17-year-old caucusgoers would fit that category?  Again, some college students, but not many.

I just checked Washington's 2008 caucus attendees.  Only about 0.4% of Obama's (and 0.1% of Clinton's) caucusgoers were 17 or 18.  That probably makes for a miniscule number when you break it down to those who were the only voters at their houses.

(and that's further cut down to those who couldn't figure out another way of finding their caucus site...we're down to a few dozen at this point.)

[jimrtex]

Precinct lines run along streets (as do census blocks). So just pick an address on your side of the block.

Most places ...

[Mike Thick]

I wonder if, if Trump loses, he'll say that this was why.