Would Bill Clinton have complained about the CWU's members' votes having "5 times as much influence

as others" if his wife had gotten their endorsement? Of course not. More selective outrage. Just like when he thought his wife would lose NH, he complained about their primary being so soon after IA's caucus.

if he hadn't gotten their endorsement? Of course not.

this was just even MORE an advantage they wanted.

I am correct?

would've been such a large advantage to Hillary that he may as well not even have campaigned there.

Wow, you just met every Obamaton stereotype that exists on DU :rofl::rofl::rofl:

Secondly, I was hoping Obama would do it, but HE obviously DIDN'T do it when he had a chance, a year ago.

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Complaining is one thing, attempting to strip people of their civil rights is another.

He was yapping to that reporter "they have 5 votes to everybody else having 1..." or whatever. Why haven't we seen what that means? That could kind of be a sort of teensy weensy story, no?

n/t

...I have been researching this and will report back later.

Actually, it's called "vote enhancement" and I believe that is what Clinton was talking about.

I am looking for examples.

Because I don't believe that.

....what happens when politicians or others attempt to dilute the power of the individual vote by moving polling places around.

Years ago I did legal research on this specific voting rights dilution and part of it has to do with why gerrymandering is such a huge factor in elections.

Just because something happened 10 months ago it doesn't relieve this situation of its very serious flaws.

Here's hoping that 2008 will mark the end of questionable caucus nominations in the few states that use this undemocratic process.

He and everyone else agreed to the arrangement. But that's when he thought Hillary would get the advantage. Obama had no problem with it. Once again, he's consistent and the Clintons are not.

"Last week the powerful, 60,000 member Culinary Workers Union Local 226 chose to endorse Senator Barack Obama after "fierce lobbying" from the three frontrunners. Two days later, the Nevada State Education Association – with ties to the Clinton campaign in its leadership – filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to shutdown nine casino caucus at-large sites created to allow both union and non-union shift workers to vote during the workday. (On any given day, it would be difficult for these workers to participate without these caucus sites. It will be even more difficult during the busy Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend.) According to the Washington Post, the system was created last March with input from the presidential campaigns and – as meeting minutes reveal – "several of the parties to the suit were there and approved of the process."

Karen Finney, Director of Communications at the Democratic National Committee, said to me, "The state party submitted their delegate selection plan last May and it was available for public comment…. They also had a thorough review process in the state and informed the campaigns months ago about their plans. A key goal is to ensure the broadest participation by eligible voters. The state party has worked hard to increase the number of caucus locations throughout the state, there are some 520 public locations statewide, and there are more caucus locations than there were polling locations in 2006. The at-large precincts are 9 percent of those locations are open to all shift- workers within a 2.5 mile radius."

This is the first time in the 2008 presidential race that the Latino vote will play a significant role in an electoral outcome, and nearly 40 percent of the Culinary union's membership is Latino. Estimates put the votes at the casino sites at more than 10 percent of the statewide total. According to the Los Angeles Times, at a union rally Obama spoke out against the lawsuit which would "disenfranchise the hard-working folks on the Strip.... You don't win an election . . . by trying to keep people out. You're supposed to try to bring them in." He also said of the lawsuit's timing, "Ever since I got the support of Local 226, the lawyers decided to get involved. The rules were OK when the other campaigns thought they would win the Culinary endorsement."

http://www.hillaryproject.com/index.php?/en/story-details/3735/