Caucuses are a Joke

From a mailing list I’m on, another example of why the Texas two-step hybrid system is FUBAR:

6:00 pm Caucus-goers begin to arrive

7:00 pm Polling location closes, there is an estimated 1,000 voters still in line waiting to vote (eight precincts and three poll workers equals one really long wait)

1:00 am Last voter votes and polls close

1:30 am We receive our precinct convention packets and begin the sign in process

2:27 am My precinct convention (0342) begins by electing a permanent chair

3:11 am My precinct convention officially adjourns

4:35 am The permanent secretary and I finish our paperwork and leave the caucus location

So voters who showed up at the caucuses as 6:30, as prescribed had to wait for 7 hours before even starting the process, and didn’t get finished until after 3 am, more than 9 hours after the first caucus goers arrived. I wish I could say that this was atypical.

Are they trying to make it as hard as possible for people’s votes to count, or what?

Finally something we agree on!