2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Tonight I witnessed a shameful display of voter supression in Minnesota. [View all]The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,661 posts)I'm in district 62, and my caucus was held at Lyndale School in south Minneapolis. Parking was a bit of a challenge but I made it there a little early (before 6:30) and found a spot that wasn't too far away. A lot of people were on foot (there are sidewalks and street lights), and the line to get into the school was a couple of blocks long. But once they opened the doors at 6:30 everything moved pretty fast. Whoever was in charge had organized it well, and we were quickly directed into the rooms for our precincts. I signed in (the sign-in table was staffed by four people), got a ballot, put it in a box (it wasn't a waste basket and there were a lot of people managing things so I don't think anything will happen to them). It looked like a lot of people were staying for the agenda, I had to leave for another appointment after voting. The whole process (driving there, parking, waiting in line and voting) took about a half-hour so it went better than I expected.
My guess is that each district or group of precincts handles the event, and whether it's organized or managed fairly depends on the people who are there and not the state DFL. That's not to say I'd trust the state party as far as I'd throw a grand piano, but the process I saw seemed to be OK. And I was very pleased at the huge turnout.