Reports have emerged that several people who were county convention delegates were either not on the rolls as being a delegate, were unregistered for unknown reasons, or had their party affiliation changed between the county conventions and the state convention on Saturday. One delegate uploaded her Clark County credentials, with a letter and her name badge as proof that she'd been a delegate.
She then wrote that despite having participated in the county convention, Nevada convention officials denied her access. Roseann Pascoe Blackburn gave a brief description of what happened to her.
"Nevada Democrats have no record of me being a county delegate, which in turn excludes me from the state level despite me having proof."
Nevada isn't the only state this has happened, though. New York purged more than 100,000 voters from its rolls, most for no reason. And in Iowa, delegates reported having had their registrations switched, as well. On Democratic Underground, a forum for political discussion, user CoffeeCat, an Iowa delegate recounted her experience in a thread posted on Sunday.
"I'm a Bernie delegate from Iowa. I participated in our County Convention and I was gearing up to participate as a Bernie delegate in our District convention, which was held two weeks ago. Three days before the District Convention, I get a phone call from a Bernie Sanders staff member.
They were wondering why I was registered as a Republican in the state of Iowa."
They were wondering why I was registered as a Republican in the state of Iowa."
Fortunately for her, she was able to get her registration changed in time, but she still encountered an issue when getting credentialed.
"I showed up at the District Convention in May, and sure enough, my name had a big line through it. The Hillary person at check-in table questioned my Republican status. I had the appropriate paperwork to document that I had switched to Democrat so I was let in."
"A friend of mine, who's been very active in the Nevada Democratic party for years, had his affiliation suddenly switched to Republican. Once that was straightened out, he was told that they gave his credentials to someone with the same name. Then they told him that person's contact information. So he spent several hours on Friday night and the first three or four hours of the convention trying to fix their mess."
