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Judge OKs Vegas Casino Caucuses

Clinton supporters' suit dismissed; Obama seen as beneficiary

By Caroline Miller,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 17, 2008 1:42 PM CST
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(Newser) – A federal judge today dismissed an effort by Hillary Clinton supporters to block Saturday caucuses for Las Vegas Strip shift workers, reports the AP. The lawsuit claimed the at-large precincts created for the workplace caucuses gave those voters too many delegates. The decision is expected to benefit Barack Obama, who was endorsed by the union representing many of the shift workers. 

The suit was filed two days after the Culinary Workers Union endorsed Obama, though Democrats approved the rules change in March. The judge said parties have a right to allocate delegates as they wish: "We aren't voting here, we're caucusing. That's something that parties decide." Yesterday Bill Clinton raked a reporter over the coals for saying that the Clinton team was behind the suit; Clinton suggested that Nevada Democrats didn't understand the delegate inequality when they voted on the caucuses.

Former president Bill Clinton talks to a crowd of about 550 people at the Carson City Fire Department, while stumping for his wife Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., in Carson City, Nev., on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Nevada Appeal, Cathleen Allison) *MAGS OUT, NO SALES
Former president Bill Clinton talks to a crowd of about 550 people at the Carson City Fire Department, while stumping for his wife Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.,...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., pauses as supporters cheer for him during a town hall meeting in Carson City, Nevada on Monday, Jan. 14, 2008. Nearly 2,000 supporters showed up for the town hall meeting. (AP Photo Nevada Appeal/Kevin Clifford).
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., pauses as supporters cheer for him during a town hall meeting in Carson City, Nevada on Monday, Jan. 14, 2008. Nearly 2,000 supporters showed...   (Associated Press)
Supporters for Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., stand on chairs and peer over and around a vending machine during a town hall meeting in Carson City, Nevada Monday, Nevada Jan. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Supporters for Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., stand on chairs and peer over and around a vending machine during a town hall meeting in Carson City, Nevada Monday, Nevada Jan....   (Associated Press)
Supporters of Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., march outside the Cashman Center before a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008. The Saturday caucus has drawn the Democratic race West to a diverse electorate and unfamiliar primary territory. Nevada voters have never weighed...
Supporters of Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., march outside the Cashman Center before a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008. The Saturday...   (Associated Press)
Supporters cheer for Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., outside the Cashman Center before a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008. The Saturday caucus has drawn the Democratic race West to a diverse electorate and unfamiliar primary territory. Nevada voters have never weighed in this...
Supporters cheer for Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., outside the Cashman Center before a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008. The Saturday caucus...   (Associated Press)
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