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Utah GOP chair and county hosts outline convention, caucus problems and fixes after credentialing delays and tech outages
Summary
Rob Axon and Utah County hosts reviewed the previous state convention and caucus operations, naming venue limitations, a lost key that delayed credentialing, a DDoS-style outage of the pre-registration system and overcrowded caucus venues. They proposed regional pre-meetings, more venues, and paper ballots at the next state convention.
Rob Axon and Utah County hosts Christie and Chuck reviewed logistical problems at the recent state convention and at last year's caucus, described steps already taken and proposed changes for future events.
Immediate problems at the state convention cited by Axon included venue constraints (the Salt Palace hall in the basement with limited breakout and credentialing space), a misplaced key that kept staff out of the elections room for about an hour, and crowding that lengthened lines. Axon described the lost key and resulting delay: the room was locked and "they had lost the key... it took us about an hour before we got access to that room." He said that unexpected delays compounded because the venue's configuration and fire-code limits prevented spreading credentialing across…
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