My precinct has 9 delegates that will be divided up.
Update: The place is overwhelmed. They prepared for a ton of voters, but not like this. We're just about to get started but the lines are still really long.
This is like a deja vu of Iowa, almost identical looking high school auditorium, there are just a lot more people. I'd estimate 500 to 600 people in the auditorium so far.
Update 7:10 pm: They are about to read the rules now for being selected a delegate. They want to have inclusion of women and minorities but there are no specific quotas. Uncomitted delegates are allowed.
There must be at least 1,000 people in this room now. They have filled the balcony and are lined up on the sides of the auditorium. The group is on the young side and very ethnically diverse. If I had to guess I'd say they are overwhelmingly for Obama.
Everyone is pretty quiet as the rules are being read. I'm the only one with a laptop that I can see. Lots of people around me are asking me to check results of other states.
There are Hillary signs and supporters here now. This crowd is very well behaved. They are all concentrating intently on the rules.
There will be a straw poll in the precincts (once we get there.) It's a "make believe." After the real vote, someone from each precinct goes back to the auditorium and reports the vote total. Then they will elect the delegates.
We also vote for Senator and then for county delegates. Break time, there are so many people they have to regroup to see where they will put everyone.
People are screaming now. "Yes we can" from the Obama folks, while the Hillary supporters holding up signs.
Update: The leaders are back. They tell the people in the balcony they can scream but they have to stop stomping. They've reassigned caucus locations within the building. Two caucuses will be meeting in the stairwells. They say four years ago the auditorium was only 1/4 full. It's at serious overflow now.
The fire department must have nixed the stairwell plan. They have opened the gym instead.
7:30 pm, and we're still in the auditorium. Everyone says they know what precinct they are in. Sounds like we're about to break out. I'm so glad I don't have to leave my seat. It's going to be a madhouse when 1,000 people start leaving here.
Update: 8:00: My caucus got moved up to the balcony. People are cranky, they want to leave and no vote has been taken. The Obama supporters in my caucus way outnumber Hillary supporters. Hillary staffers are just shooting for a percentage of the 9 delegates the caucus have.
I'm leaving as soon as they take the vote, so this is my last live update. The final vote: 31 for Hillary, 78 for Obama and 2 uncommitted. Hillary won 3 of the 9 delegates.
Update: The New York Times Opinionator blog picked up my live-blogging.