Billy Vassiliadis

April 12, 2008 - 10:02pm

Clark County Dems vote again, this time 'smoothly'

Clark County Democrats outside the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV for their Saturday re-voteClark County Democrats outside the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV for their Saturday re-voteLAS VEGAS-In make-up voting from their unsuccessful Feb. 23 convention, Clark County Democrats hosted caucus delegates at the Thomas & Mack Center at UNLV today in an event that was long on organization and calls of party unity and decidedly short on drama.

"It was very simple, it was great," said Steve Ginsberg, 44, after he had cast his vote.  "They should have incorporated more of this at the first one.  Bottom-line is the speeches were great [Feb. 23], but what counts is that vote.  They got the vote out here with no pomp and now we can move forward."

In results released less than an hour after the vote concluded, N.Y. Sen. Hillary Clinton received 3,442 votes and won 1,330 delegates to the state convention, or just under 54 percent of the total number of delegates.  Obama received 2,900 votes and was awarded 1,133 delegates, or 46 percent.  Turnout was approximately 86 percent of the total identified delegates.

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