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Supporters leave county Democratic convention in frustration
Polk County Democratic leaders said the process began smoothly until Clinton supporters challenged the first count, asking for a credential check for all the delegates after falling behind by more than a dozen votes compared to caucus night.
Polk County Democratic Chair Tom Henderson granted the credential check, but the process isn’t a simple one – and takes time.
The delays led to Sanders supporters becoming frustrated, with some at the convention leaving before the final count was tallied.
Henderson said conventions in a presidential election year usually take a lot of time.
He recalled 20 years ago how the convention lasted until 2 o’clock in the morning.
“Typically we don’t have a challenge, but then typically we don’t have these razor thin margins,” he said. “I think a lot of people were first-timers for the convention assume it’s going to be done by noon. They’re rarely ever done by noon, so every convention we have people who say this is taking too long. They go home.”
Forty-five delegates left as the convention continued.
“I have another job that I have to have, and I got an hour extension on that job so that I could stay later,” said Roxanne Rogers, a Sanders delegate.
At the final count, Clinton won 115 delegates and Sanders won 113.
Henderson said the campaigns can challenge those numbers at the district level.
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