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Caucus workers, above, give instructions at a Republican caucus site in Las Vegas on Feb. 23. Below, voters line up for the caucus at Durango High School in Las Vegas. | AP and Getty Images Caucus chaos in Nevada

It's getting ugly in Nevada, as reporters at the state's Republican caucuses are spotting irregularities, disorganization and violations of caucus rules.

Much of the controversy has centered around caucus personnel. At some sites, caucus volunteers were accused of failing to require proper voter identification or take other anti-fraud measures--leading to voters casting multiple ballots. Other areas were plagued by long lines and missing ballots. And in one precinct, would-be voters reportedly showed to their caucus location to discover the site hadn’t been set up at all.

Early in the evening, there was controversy over caucus volunteers wearing pro-Donald Trump clothing while organizing the caucuses or counting ballots, but the Nevada GOP tweeted out that wearing such clothing did not violate any rules.

In fact, the state GOP claims there have been " no official reports of voting irregularities or violations," but anecdotal scenes of chaos seem to contradict that message.

Here are some of the latest examples:

— Associated Press reporter Sally Ho:



Chaos @ Palo Verde High School, lines were 50 yards deep, delayed, running out of ballots, lots of confusion, some turned away #nvgopcaucus — Sally Ho (@_sallyho) February 24, 2016

— Mashable reporter Emily Cahn:



Man here says "it's a disaster." No one is checking in or checking IDs. They're handing out ballots willy nilly. Some guy voted trump twice — Emily Cahn (@CahnEmily) February 24, 2016

The site later ran out of ballots. Reporters noted that the ballots themselves included the names of a slew of candidates who had already dropped out -- Carly Fiorina, Rick Santorum, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Mike Huckabee and Rand Paul.

— Nevada Appeal reporter Geoff Dornan:



Carson R’s at #nvgopcaucus hand stamping participants with dye to prevent double voting — Geoff Dornan (@NvDornan) February 24, 2016

— National Review reporter Elaina Plott:



Says caucus volunteers are wearing Trump gear (they're not allowed to show preference). "Actively bullying folks. Not checking IDs." — Elaina Plott (@elainaplott) February 24, 2016

New: People registered for precinct 1303 in Sierra Vista showed up to caucus. There was literally no site set up. — Elaina Plott (@elainaplott) February 24, 2016

— Alexis Levinson of National Review:

IA v NV caucuses: in IA, press sign in etc. At Vegas caucus, told volunteer I was press, asked where to go. She shrugged: "I don't know." — Alexis Levinson (@alexis_levinson) February 24, 2016

— Nevada reporter Jon Ralston:

Report from Wooster HS: "It's about to get ugly here." How so? "Yelling, swearing, disorganized. People are pissed." — Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) February 24, 2016

— Letty Burgin, a Marco Rubio supporter, tweeted:

@MarcACaputo there are at least 7 at my location. pic.twitter.com/m0gQQCHrAe — Letty Burgin (@LettyBurgin) February 24, 2016

Asked about workers wearing candidate gear, a GOP official said. "There’s no rule against it."

It's not against the rules for volunteers to wear candidate gear. Volunteers went through extensive training & are doing a great job — Nevada GOP (@NVGOP) February 24, 2016

Katie Glueck contributed to this report.