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Republican attempts to hijack Democratic caucuses sparks outrage in Neveda GOP

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><strong>Rance Preibus&comma; Chairman RNC<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;444444&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;large&semi;">The University of Nevada Reno College Republicans recently pointed out a loophole allowing for same-day Democratic registration&comma; meaning a GOP voter could technically caucus on Saturday as a democrat and again on Tuesday for the Republican election&period;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;666666&semi;"><i><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;x-large&semi;">  &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s insulting to the American electorate and the height of mean-spirited&comma; hyper-partisan BS&comma;” he said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is why people have lost faith in politics&period;<&sol;span><&sol;i>”<&sol;span><br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; Don Dike-Anukam&comma;  member University Republicans Group<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a name&equals;"more"><&sol;a>The Guardian is reporting that attempts by some Republicans to hijack the democratic caucuses in Nevada has sparked outraged within the party&period; It has been reported that GOP activists were encouraging Republican voters to register for the Democratic caucus on Saturday and participate in both parties’ elections&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Asking individuals to participate in both is not a normal activity but it is also not illegal&semi; nobody will get arrested&comma;” Miranda Hoover&comma; president of the student GOP group&comma; said in a statement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Don Dike-Anukam&comma; a student who is a member of the university Republicans group&comma; though is  not currently active&comma; said he was dismayed that anyone would even raise the idea&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s insulting to the American electorate and the height of mean-spirited&comma; hyper-partisan BS&comma;” he said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is why people have lost faith in politics&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dike-Anukam&comma; who is also a member of the Washoe County Republican party central committee&comma; said he hopes no GOP voters try to participate in both caucuses and said they should be held accountable if they do&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I hope if someone attempts to do it&comma; they are prosecuted to the full extent of the law&period; We can’t go around talking about the integrity of the elections and then propose voter fraud&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also said he expects they would get caught&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I think the &lpar;district attorney&rpar; takes these kinds of things very seriously&period;” Election officials have said they are aware of the reports and are monitoring the situation&period; Democratic leaders said that voting twice would be illegal and possibly constitute a felony&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some Republican leaders have condemned the idea&comma; too&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I believe that if we participate to intentionally affect the results of the Democratic nomination&comma; then we are ultimately losing the very freedoms that caused many of our parents and grandparents to come to this country&comma;” Adam Khan&comma; chairman of the Washoe County Republican Party&comma; said in an email to constituents&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dike-Anukam said he worried the controversy would tarnish the reputation of the party&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is why people don’t like politics&comma;” he said&comma; adding&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Most Republicans are decent people&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon;x-small&semi;"><i>Courtesy&colon; Guardian<&sol;i><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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