Volunteers make caucuses successful

To the editor:

Countless volunteer hours were spent locating caucus sites and calling registered voters to find volunteers to work at the Feb. 1 caucus. If you were one of those who worked to make the caucuses successful, thank you very much. You all deserve a bouquet of roses.

The unexpectedly large turnout of those who were not registered Democrats took extra time to get everyone registered as a Democrat for the caucus.

The actual vote to select the party's candidates for partisan public offices in Iowa will happen in the June primary election. The Democrat caucus is a Democrat business meeting to elect delegates to the Democrat county convention as well as the county central committee, which conducts the county party business. However, the delegate selection process does give a good indication of the strength of each presidential candidacy.

The delegate process continues on up to the state convention, where national delegates will be elected. The national convention is given the task of selecting the party's candidates for president and vice president.

Julie Stewart Ziesman

Waukee