Today I voted at the County "Barn" for Obama, where the Culberson County workers report and where the trucks are housed. Tonight the four of us wanting to participate in the caucus were greeted by a locked door, and then some bewildered election officials who said they'd had a good turnout of about 70 voters for the primary.
Texas has a two-step process. You vote in the primary during the day, and come back at 7:15 to participate in the caucus.
I was the only one with caucus experience, the only one with any idea of what was to take place, and since I brought instructions from Obama headquarters, I was elected precinct captain and we proceeded to select our one delegate to the county convention. Since two of us were for Obama and two for Clinton we were initially deadlocked, but one voiced a willingness to go for Obama. After that, all we had to do was select someone to go to the county convention and double-check our paperwork. I called the results in and we were done. Not as much to-do as in Iowa, but still a heck of a lot of fun. And I got to know three more people in town. Three dedicated Democrats!
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