App meltdown casts a Shadow over Iowa Democratic poll
Glitches in new technology meant to streamline the process have tainted the outcome
06 February 2020 - 11:30
Des Moines — The first signs of trouble in the Iowa Democratic caucuses emerged early on Monday afternoon when a handful of county chairs had problems downloading and logging onto a new app designed to report results.
“A lot of us are going to be doing it on paper and calling it in,” Kelcey Brackett, chair of the Muscatine County Democratic Party, told Bloomberg News on Monday afternoon. “The app was to most of the chairs a very new thing. They were looking forward to being able to use it, but we’re back to using pen and paper.”..
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