Caucus chaos

Caucus chaos in Nevada

By Kyle Cheney

It's getting ugly in Nevada, as reporters at the state's Republican caucuses are spotting irregularities, disorganization and violations of caucus rules.

Much of the controversy has centered around caucus personnel. At some sites, caucus volunteers were accused of failing to require proper voter identification or take other anti-fraud measures--leading to voters casting multiple ballots. Other areas were plagued by long lines and missing ballots. And in one precinct, would-be voters reportedly showed to their caucus location to discover the site hadn’t been set up at all.

Early in the evening, there was controversy over caucus volunteers wearing pro-Donald Trump clothing while organizing the caucuses or counting ballots, but the Nevada GOP tweeted out that wearing such clothing did not violate any rules.

In fact, the state GOP claims there have been "no official reports of voting irregularities or violations," but anecdotal scenes of chaos seem to contradict that message.

The site later ran out of ballots. Reporters noted that the ballots themselves included the names of a slew of candidates who had already dropped out -- Carly Fiorina, Rick Santorum, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee and Rand Paul.

Asked about workers wearing candidate gear, a GOP official said. "There’s no rule against it."