Subject: NV Dems Statement on Continued Misinformation from Sanders Campaign
From: Press NVDems <[email-masked]>
To: Press NVDems <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 13:58:53 -0700

*For Immediate Release*

May 17, 2016

*NV Dems Statement on Continued Misinformation from Sanders Campaign*

*Las Vegas, NV* – The Nevada State Democratic Party released the following
statement today:

"We respect and admire Senator Sanders for his values and leadership in the
United States Senate, but the Sanders campaign is continuing to be
dishonest about what happened Saturday and is failing to adequately
denounce the threats of violence of his supporters."

*The Sanders Campaign Continues to Lie About What Happened on Saturday and
Has Failed to Denounce The Tactics and Actions Of Their Staff and
Supporters*

*The Temporary Convention Rules Were Passed With The Support Of Nearly 100
More Clinton Delegates Than Sanders Delegates.* Convention delegates passed
the Temporary Convention Rules after the Credentials Committee announced
their preliminary report of delegates in attendance. Clinton had nearly 100
more delegates than Sanders and the rules were passed in accordance with
procedures the Sanders campaign had never objected to before today.

*Six Of The Sixty Four Delegates Were Seated By The Credentials Committee
After Their Information Was Verified, Eight Were Deemed Ineligible After
They Were Shown To Be Not Be Registered Voters Or A Registered Voter Of A
Different Party And Fifty Of Them Never Even Attempted To Register Or Show
Up At The Convention.* The credentials committee heard the cases of
fourteen Sanders supporters whose information could not be verified and sat
six of them after they were verified as registered Democrats. Eight Sanders
supporters were deemed ineligible after the credentials committee verified
they were not registered Democrats, including one that had changed their
registration from Democratic to Green in April and several that were not
registered voters. The rest, 50 individuals, never showed up at the
convention to attempt to register and, therefore, would not have affected
the outcome of the convention at all.

*NV Dems Provided The Sanders Campaign The Names Of Forty-Four Of The Sixty
Four Delegates Whose Information Could Not Be Verified Two Days Before The
Convention.* NV Dems provided the Sanders campaign the names of 44
delegates of the 64 in question whose information could not be verified.
The Sanders campaign never responded and never provided information to
verify their eligibility as delegates/alternates.

*Sanders’ Convention Floor Organizer Admitted That The Sanders Campaign
Failed To Properly Move Their Petitions On The Floor And Blamed Other
Sanders Supporters For Failing To Show Up.* According to a Facebook post by
Angie Morelli, a Sanders organizer on the Convention Floor, “Let me explain
what happened today. We were at 110% registration for delegates for the
convention, they just didn't show up and check in, and a lot of our
delegates had credentialing issues. Most of our petitions had more than
enough signatures, but we had to take the floor to do a motion. We stood up
front and gloriously made them allow for us to speak, via the microphones,
but people who didn't know what was going on decided to take the mic and we
never got to make a motion to amend based on the petitions.” [Angie Morelli
Facebook, 5/14/16
<https://www.facebook.com/bruceleah/posts/10154182119329133?pnref=story>]

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