Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Cumbia Caucus: Long live Precinct 1012!


The two-step cumbia caucus (forget the Texas Two-Step!) was most crazy last night. I waited along with family, friends (old and new!) and a cast of random characters for more than three and a half hours before I was able to sign my commitment for Hillary Clinton. Sequestered in the cafeteria of my old elementary school with the lively and diverse crowd (to state it mildly) was surreal, as someone put it. We argued, complained, got thrown out as a crowd and let back in again, but remained through it all to ensure that our vote counted.

The caucus is a terrible process, made worse by the fact that the election and precinct officials had no clue about the rules. It took us hours to even nominate a person to pick up the packet of instructions let alone open them, read and comprehend the rules, and explain them to the tired masses. The process needs help.

See this clip of the caucus chaos that ensued during our raucous caucus experience shortly after our entire precinct was temporarily kicked out of the cafeteria! The other clip shows us finally nominating a secretary. (The sound on the videos is not high quality - I'm trying to figure that out.)

Long live Precinct 1012! (Once I left and heard that rowdy caucuses took place all across the state, I felt much better about myself and my old barrio.)




The entire experience was worth it when we learned that Hillary did win the Texas Primary!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

way to hang in there, precinct 1012! precinct 83 down in mission, tx had our own caucus chaos... it was all worth it!