So yes, essentially same thing. The voters are fucked over because the state leaders are asses. Saying "oh, I know it's not really your fault, but we had to do something about the decisions a handful of people made for you" doesn't make things ok or ease the minds of anyone. Both sides did really stupid things in this whole regard. The state party's mistakes are obvious, and you've named them. As for the National party, they should have made a decision and stayed with it. Randomly changing their minds mid-election season only casts doubt on any of the decisions. If they wanted to discard the votes and said so in the beginning, then they should have STUCK WITH THAT PLAN. You can't just give voters incorrect information and then use those votes to decide things.

Even if it wasn't decided directly, the HUGE gap between Clinton and Obama (considering the way the other states have been going - it IS huge) is proof of a ballot skew. That's not debatable. You can't just decide "oh, well the election is REALLY close and Clinton's throwing a fit, so I guess we'll count you guys now." I think that's what I'm more upset about, really. I understood the decision when it was first made; changing things around just because things are getting narrow only makes me think the party's comprised of people who can't agree or reconcile their differences for the sake of the election or the party's interest.

I'm still voting democrat in the election because I'm scarily liberal... but how many others will?