Reply #7: They have the list of early voters [View All]

[merci_me]

When the precinct judges pick up there supplies March 1 or 2, they will have a list of all the voters in their precinct. It will include ALL registered voters in the precinct, so they are prepared for any crossover voters who may decided to declare in the Democratic party. They will also receive a computer printout of all people from that precinct who voted early/absentee. Before the polls open on the 4th, the precinct judge will go through the two lists and mark a "V" for "voted" next to the names on the master list. This isn't just so you can attend the caucus, it also prevents early voters from trying to vote again during the day on the 4th. This happens EVERY election, primary caucus or not.


Having your stamped card with you and or the receipt helps, but your name still needs to appear on that computer printout.


New voters often don't know to get their card stamped and if you live in a Republican county, where all of the people working early voting can be Republican, they don't always graciously offer to stamp the card if you don't tell them. Also, the receipt is just a sequence number that most people drop in the wastebasket on their way out and it also doesn't prove it was your sequence number. I could have picked up a dozen on my way out and in the parking lot.


If by chance, your card wasn't stamped and for some reason your name didn't appear on the printout the precinct judge gets, INSIST the judge call and get verification. However, working since 1984, I can tell you, I've never had someone show up for a caucus whose vote didn't show up on the record.