2008. március 5., szerda

Crowded Texas Caucuses Leave Results Up in Air

So who won the second step of the Texas two-step?Texas Democratic Party officials still have not released even a final unofficial tally on the results of the caucus portion of Election Day in the state. The results are hardly insignificant -- the caucus portion of the election yields one third of Texas's 193 delegates.The caucuses were supposed to start at 7:15 p.m., but huge crowds delayed many of the 8,000 precinct caucus events for hours. The precinct chairs were supposed to call in the results from their caucus to a call center. Campaign sources say the call center had 150 phone lines, which were jammed much of the night.The last published count from the caucuses -- with 36 percent of precincts reporting -- show Sen. Barack Obama leading by 52 percent to Hillary Clinton's 48 percent.Hector Nieto, a spokesman for the Texas Democratic Party, said the party is "still receiving calls, picking up information on the results," and he said the party is "double checking results as we're getting them. We want these results to be accurate."Asked if either campaign had lawyers monitoring the process, Nieto said no. "These are unofficial results," he said, referencing the process by which caucus results are only finalized at the state party convention that starts on June 6.

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