Article: VOA NEWS: TEXAS VOTERS UPSET BY LONG, CONFUSING CAUCUS SYSTEM

The Voice of America issued the following story:

By Greg Flakus

In Texas, election officials continue to count votes cast in the caucuses that followed the primary in Tuesday's complicated two-part contest. As VOA's Greg Flakus reports from Houston, many upset voters are calling for a change in the system.

It was the biggest turnout for caucuses in 20 years in Texas, with some 700,000 people participating statewide. That was five times the number officials had planned for. As a result, people wanting to participate in some precincts had to crowd into packed auditoriums or social halls where there was standing room only. In some places police officers became alarmed by people blocking fire ...

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