NEW: 'We expect to have numbers to report later today,' Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price says as state caucuses fail to declare Democratic winner after major snafu with reporting results.
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"The integrity of our process and the results have and always will be our top priority," Price continued."At this point, the [Iowa Democratic Party] is manually verifying all precinct results." Meanwhile, the chairwoman of the Allamakee County, Iowa Democratic Party is still on hold to try and verify that her results went through.
Eventually, the custodian told her to leave. She left, still on hold. And is prepared to remain on hold as long as it takes. All the lines have been busy tonight - and they have"no clue" why the phones lines are not working. Bagniewski said he has not been given any information about when to expect results.
Former Vice President Joe Biden's general counsel said the campaign wants a fuller explanation about"inconsistencies" in the caucuses results and a full accounting for the methods used to verify those results before they are released. "We found inconsistencies in the reporting of three sets of results. In addition to the tech systems being used to tabulate results, we are also using photos of results and a paper trail to validate that all results match and ensure that we have confidence and accuracy in the numbers we report. This is simply a reporting issue, the app did not go down and this is not a hack or an intrusion.
The party declined to comment on who the cyber security vendor they were working with on the app and in mid-2019, the Iowa Democratic Party had to forgo their planned"virtual caucuses" due to security concerns over the integrity of the process.People take part in a Caucus at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., Feb. 3, 2020.10:50 p.m.
Further evidence of Buttigieg’s remarkable cross-group appeal: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders wins more liberals than moderates by better than 2-1. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren wins more liberals than moderates by 3-1. Biden wins more moderates than liberals by 2-1. Buttigieg wins almost equal numbers of liberals and moderates alike.
But for those caucusgoers in the room that are part of nonviable groups, meaning they backed a candidate who failed to cross the 15% threshold, they have a few options in the second round, which is called realignment: they can move to a group supporting a viable candidate; they can join another candidate’s nonviable group to help that candidate become viable or attempt to persuade other caucus-goers to join their group and earn enough support for their first choice to make that candidate...
, which features 415 delegates compared to Iowa’s 41. All in all, California has more delegates than all first four early voting states combined.
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