| First, they tried everything to discourage students from participating in Iowa. Next, they disparaged same-day registration, an election reform that has led to surging voter participation in the states where it's been enacted. And now, they're involved in suing to ensure that union workers aren't able to caucus. Nice. The Nevada Democratic Party, as I wrote about yesterday, decided to set up a series of at-large caucus meetings at nine of the large casinos in Las Vegas, so that workers, a powerful force in Nevada Democratic politics, would be able to participate in the caucus. The proposal was an admirable attempt to try to enfranchise as many voters as possible. "The at-large precincts are being established because thousands of hotel workers cannot leave work to participate in the midday caucuses in their home precincts." Employers even agreed to grant the workers the time off to attend the caucus, and no one opposed the decision... until the Culinary Workers Union endorsed Obama for president. Then the knives came out. |
