Buttigieg claims inconsistencies in Nevada results

Pete Buttigieg’s campaign is claiming there are inconsistencies in the reported leads to Nevada, as the former South Bend, Ind., mayor tries to claw his solution to second place in Saturday's caucuses.

In a letter despatched to Nevada Democratic Celebration Chairman William McCurdy II and obtained by POLITICO, Buttigieg’s campaign is looking for the state social gathering to publicly release a tranche of knowledge and recalculate some precincts.

“In mild of fabric irregularities pertaining to the process of integrating early votes into the in-person precinct caucus results, we request that you simply” release early and in-person votes, right “errors identified by presidential campaigns” and “clarify anomalies within the knowledge,” Buttigieg’s nationwide poll access and delegate director Michael Gaffney wrote in the letter despatched late Saturday.

Buttigieg's campaign shouldn't be difficult Bernie Sanders’ runaway win within the state. As an alternative, the Buttigieg camp is pointing to the battle additional down the standings.

“Given how close the race is between second and third place, we ask that you simply take these steps before releasing any remaining knowledge,” Gaffney wrote.

As of Sunday morning, the state Democratic Celebration had reported outcomes from roughly 60 % of precincts. Sanders has a large margin in the county delegate race, with 46 %. Joe Biden is at 19.6 %, while Buttigieg is at 15.three %. Elizabeth Warren is the final candidate in double-digits, sitting at 10.1 %.

In the letter, the Buttigieg campaign requested a response from the state social gathering by 6 a.m. PST. A Buttigieg aide informed POLITICO that the state get together had not yet responded, and a spokesperson for the Nevada Democrats did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sunday.

The letter was first reported by The Nevada Independent.

Anecdotal reporting from Nevada discovered that some voters and precinct volunteers have been confused by how early voting was included into leads to individual precincts, notably when it got here to realignment. This was the first yr early voting was allowed in the Nevada caucuses, and many voters participated. The state celebration stated earlier in the week that just underneath 75,000 individuals voted early, which almost matched the 84,000 complete caucusgoers for the 2016 contest.

The complaints in Nevada comply with process complaints from the still-unresolved Iowa caucuses. In Iowa, the margin between first and second place is considerably smaller, leaving the race with out a declared winner almost three weeks later.

In Iowa, Buttigieg has an extremely slender lead over Sanders in the state delegate equal rely, which is corresponding to county delegates in Nevada. Buttigieg’s lead is about four-thousandths of a % over Sanders, with both campaigns requesting a targeted recount in the state.

The recount in Iowa is predicted to start out Tuesday.

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