With all the commotion surrounding Saturday's Democratic Convention it would seem that officials would have been more prepared than the caucuses on March 4th, but voters were greeted with long lines and overall chaos. Thousands overwhelmed volunteers in Round 2 of the Democratic Party’s complicated nomination process.

A convention in the 23rd district didn’t get started until around 6 p.m., with participants in it having been there since 8:30 a.m. Party leaders had been trying to fix what had simply become a day of confusion.

At Halsey School in South Dallas hundreds lined hallways and shoved into a classroom, after waiting hours to get processed, and getting little information.

“We have the addresses, the names, the verification. People are here. I don’t know what the problem could be,” said Teresa Stewart, precinct chair.

For delegate Deborah Shields, the Texas Two-Step became more like a shuffle. “It’s total chaos. It’s chaotic. We’ve been given mis-information. I’ve been given four different places to go,” said Shields.

Confusion from the caucuses earlier this month, lead into the district conventions today as Democrats continued divvying up delegates for the presidential race.

The problem now? Officials say that thousands more showed up than were supposed to, partly because the campaigns mistakenly encouraged supporters to come here.

“A lot of people got calls, thinking they would do the same thing they did election night, and that’s not right. They were told wrong. And so they come and they’re confused,” said Darlene Ewing, Dallas County Democratic Chair.

But paperwork problems and overall confusion further muddied the waters, making it difficult for volunteers to sort out who was supposed to vote and who wasn’t.

Party leaders say the most of the other five sites in Dallas had fewer problems. Still, organizers expect voters to be there well into the night Saturday. All of this has only renewed calls to overhaul the Democratic nomination process, which should be taken up at the state convention in June.

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