What Went Wrong During the Iowa Democratic Caucus and Why Some People Are Freaking Out About the Delay
Through the somewhat complicated rules of Iowa caucusing, in which some voters’ first choice would be eliminated and they would have to switch their public vote to their second choice, one of the Democrats would emerge the winner.
The candidates were frustrated and confused, party officials were doing damage control and the media — which had swarmed Iowa for months given that it was to be the first chance to see actual voters actually vote on candidates — was more or less really, really upset to not have any numbers to inform their coverage.
In a statement on Tuesday, the state party blamed a “coding issue” with a smartphone app that it had planned to use to gather voting information from each precinct.According to various media reports, some caucus workers also reported being unable to submit their voting results by phone. “As this investigation unfolded, IDP staff activated pre-planned backup measures and entered data manually. This took longer than expected,” he continued.
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