Area caucus locations

Thursday, Feb 07, 2008 - 11:07:01 am CST

Nebraska Democrats will have its first presidential caucuses Saturday.

Meetings throughout the state will determine delegates to the Democratic Party’s county conventions and Nebraska’s vote in the selection of the Democratic presidential candidate.

Participants must be a U.S. citizen, a resident of Nebraska and at least 18 years old by Nov. 4. Independents and members of other political parties must register as Democrats to participate and vote in these caucuses.

Voter registration and change of party materials will be available on the day of the caucuses for anyone not on the list of Democratic voters.

Area caucuses will take place at:

* Burt County: 1:30 p.m., Tekamah Auditorium.

* Colfax County: 9 a.m., Dr. John Jackson home, 404 E. Fourth St., Schuyler.

* Cuming County: 1 p.m., Cuming County Courthouse, West Point.

* Dodge County: 5:30 p.m., Fremont Middle School for city of Fremont and the two townships to the east; North Bend Elementary School for cities of North Bend, Dodge, Ames and townships on the south and west of the county; Hooper VFW Hall for Nickerson, Uehling, Hooper, Scribner, Snyder (east of Nebraska Highway 79) and townships in the northeast part of the county.

* Saunders County:

10 a.m., Ceresco Senior Center for Valparaiso and Ceresco; Heritage Inn, Wahoo, for Wahoo Rural, Wahoo Wards 1, 2 and 3 and Center; Stoll home, 124 Dawson St., Malmo, for Prague, Weston and Malmo; Cedar Bluffs Senior Center for Cedar Bluffs, District 4; Activity Center, Yutan, for Yutan, Yutan Rural and Marietta; Ashland High School Library for Ashland Rural, Ashland Ward 1 and Ashland Ward 2.

* Washington County:

4 p.m., Dana College Cooperman Atrium, Blair.

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New at This
Feb 7, 2008 12:00 PM
How long do you have to stay there? the same amount of time that it used to take us to vote? or you stay there for hours until closing?????
Did you know
Feb 7, 2008 10:30 PM
That you can vote in the May primary
for a Democratic presidental canidate
but it won't count!!! the caucuses will
be the only thing that counts. Whom ever the deligates vote for will be the votes at the Democratic convention in Denver. My self I did not know this either so then you ask---why bother to vote in May and if I go to the caucuses do I get to vote who I want them to support for president???????
Confusion-Please Help
Feb 8, 2008 7:42 PM
Why hasn't there been any information informing us of what exactly happens at the caucus? Do we just stand in a group all night??? or do we write our candidate's name down on a paper & then we can leave???? Someone tell us exactly what happens if we go to the caucus.
Heather
Feb 9, 2008 9:52 AM
Explainations:
The caucus does not last all night. Basically this is what it is for...
say you would like Clinton for President. You arrive to register & participate at your delegated caucus site and inform that you are there to support Hillary. You will be sent to a room or area of a room where the other Clinton supports are waiting. I am hopeful for Obama so I am sent to the Obama room or area of room. At 6 pm when the caucus starts (be at least a little early)the clinton folks may try to persuade the Obama folks, and vice versa to vote their way. Maybe you like what you hear and you decide to vote for Obama after all, or I switch to Clinton, and maybe not. Then the number of people in each 'corner' are counted and the one with the most people supporting them wins.
The win means that the delegate,a.k.a. the person who represents your area at the Presidential Primary (each state has only a set number of delegates so this is important)casts their vote for the winner of the area caucus. So, say Clinton had more people in attendance at the caucus, she gets the delegates vote. Remember, this is America voting. Sadly Presidents do not win by popular vote but by the Electoral College ... a very outdated and incorrect system by my opinion. This is why the caucus is so very important. You are being given more influence than usual to make your personal vote actually count.