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The Nevada caucuses, introduced in 2008 by the Democratic party in order to add a western state toward the beginning of the presidential calendar, are no stranger to controversy.

In expectance of some foul play as happened in both 2008 and 2012, Sanders supporters circulated messages reminding each other to record the caucus proceedings whenever possible.

Despite the warnings, the 2016 Nevada caucus event saw widespread allegations of abuse.

As reported by comedian Jimmy Dore to The Young Turks show during the Las Vegas caucus at the Paris Hotel, “There doesn’t really seem to be any process to this, there doesn’t seem to be any organization.”

“I know they do it every four years, but it looks like they do it every forty years,” added Dore.

A video shows Clinton supporters simply walking past the registration desk and into the caucus room. This means they did not register, which means in theory they could vote again or vote multiple times for Clinton.

And reporting from inside the caucus room, Dore pointed out the incompetence of the caucus staff. “They had to count everybody in the room and then they had to make sure they chose their delegates, and they forgot to tell them to choose their delegates before everybody left,” he said.

While the responsibility of the official running the caucus includes mostly just counting, there was no failsafe to insure votes were counted correctly. A separate video shows the official so flustered that he writes tallies on his hand, to Dore’s hilarious chagrin.

“Very old school, this is democracy from the 1860s. This is before calculators even,” Dore quips.

The official reads out the delegate counts telling the audience Sanders gained seven delegates before correcting himself to six delegates. Clinton gained 13 delegates according to the official.

The chairman of the caucus forgot to nominate the delegates and forgot to force people to register. Many registered in the caucus after voting in the caucus.

And of course, the context of having a caucus in a giant casino for the workers of the casino—the low and middle class working people without whom the casino would cease to run—becomes extremely ironic when these people choose Clinton.

“Working people choose against their own interests again,” Dore says.

Throughout her political career, Clinton has advocated mass incarceration and in favor of the prison industrial complex; she still maintains a lower minimum wage than the $15 Sanders is proposing; she has advocated for every conflict on foreign soil in the past 20 years at the expense of working Americans who often go fight these political, economic and proxy wars.

But perhaps the voters’ decision is not a surprise, or even an orchestrated plot by the casino management.

As another video shows, Bernie Sanders supporters working at the Paris Hotel were barred from using the break rooms to caucus, whereas Hillary Clinton supporters were allowed.

The Paris Hotel is owned by Caesars Entertainment, a multi-national, billion dollar company. Is it any wonder the owners are supporting Clinton? She will protect their right to horde money at the expense of the entire American society.

In total the Nevada caucuses netted Clinton 20 delegates and Sanders 15. The race is by no means over, in fact it is just beginning.