Text messages with Linda Sorenson, CD3 Chair

With Marilyn Marks

Friday, May 20, 2016 at 11:53:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Hi Marilyn; I am the 3rd CD

chairman. Which county do
you represent? Why are you
asking about the ballot issue?

Hi, Linda. I don't represent

any county. Some delegates
who are concerned about the
vote count have asked me to
help them understand what
happened. Do you mind
talking with me?

I am a close friend of Bekcy

Mizels

Becky, I mean.

I don't know if I should at this

point, we are still investigating.
I am waiting for a package
from George Rivera, then I will
know some more on the
subject. I am not sure how to
proceed with
the information gathered so
far. I don't want to burden

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Steve House. And I certainly

don't want the media to get
wind of this.

The media is already

becoming aware. And of
course it has to be the
decision that you are
comfortable with, but vote
counting and teller committee
activities should never, ever
be secret.

Who is the attorney for CD3?

That is who you should be

talking to for sure.

Pueblo County certainly need

to know the details and decide
within their committee how
they want to proceed. This
has nothing to do with the
Teller Committee.

You know, I don't know who

our attorney is. There are
several in the 3rd CD.

It all stems from the ethics of

the Pueblo County Executive
committee.

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How could something impact

one county and not the ballot
counting?

Ballots are not marked by who

votes them. The Teller
Committee counted correctly.
Pueblo County was not honest
in distributing the ballots.

I have heard that ballots were

counted in excess of those
authorized.

from Pueblo

I know. Ballots MUST be

anonymous, by bylaw!!

Did Mesa get shorted ballots?

Yes, Mesa County were

shorted 20 ballots. Pueblo got
those extra ballots, rather than
give them back, they voted the
extra.

That is what I heard, but I was

having trouble believing it.

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did some people not get to

vote?

Thiis is the problem with the

county chair handling their
delegations ballots.

Please, do not say anything

until we have completed our
investigation. Yes, some did
not get to vote. This has only
to do with the Nat'l Delegate
ballots, none other.

There really is not any way to

contain the information. There
are enough people talking
about it already.

Who is in charge of the

investigation?

yes, I understand it is only the

National Delegate race, not
other ballots.

Why was Wayne Williams in

the room?

He is not in CD3.

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No the Pueblo County Chair

did not handle the ballots his
VC did. He is the SOS,
monitoring the count and
integrity of the people present.
He was very helpful.

that is NOT his role in the

party convention.

it is crucial to separate his

official role from the party role--he was just a voter and on
the Cruz slate.

He only suggested options,

not run the committee.

Does not matter, Cruz vs

Trump was not and is not a
factor in this issue.

well, it will not appear that way

when unauthorized member
who is cruz guy comes in to
mediate ballot counting
problems.

I don't like Trump, not one bit,

and am supporting Cruz, but I
am concerned about the
process that hurts everyone.

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Integrity of Pueblo County

Executive Committee is an
issue. The process was open
and honest. It was the
Executives of Pueblo County.
They should have returned
those ballots when they
realized
they had way too many.

Who is conducting
investigation?

Yes, the actions of the Pueblo

County Executive committee
does hurt everyone. Now the
trust has been taken away
from them & things will be
handled differently in the
future. The Executive
Committee
with the 3rd CD, myself, the
VC and Secretary. Like I said,
I am waiting for a response
from George Rivera and at
that point I will take action.

We must be patient, gather

the facts and them proceed. I
will keep you updated. I don't
have anything to hide.

I am only trying to do a good

job and be fair.

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APR 14TH, 3:11PM

I understand and I feel for the

position that you are in. The
problems will likely be very
high profile because the
process errors are likely to get
mixed up with the illegitimate
claims Trump
is making about the caucus
process.

APR 14TH, 4:39PM

Did you see that George R's

FB account appears to have
been hacked? My guess, and
I'm paranoid, that it is Trump
shock troops attacking
because of CD3. ???

Not many know of 3rd CD.

That I'm aware of. If you know

of someone directly involved
have them contact me please.
970-210-6102 my celll phone.

Okay thanks. Will do. I think ,

as you say, that people are
afraid to talk.

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APR 16TH, 7:39AM

Did the CD3 body hear and

accept the teller committee
report, or did it adjourn before
teller report prepared?

APR 16TH, 3:22PM

Linda, someone told me that

they had to go back some
time later to learn whether
they won. It sounds like the
meeting just ended without the
body accepting the Teller
Committee report and having
time to object and raise
issues. Is that correct? If so,
how will you remedy that?
Without an adoption of the
report, I don't see how these
delegates are officially
elected.

APR 16TH, 8:06PM

Did you sign the certification

of the delegates yet, or are
you waiting for the adoption of
the Teller's report?

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