‘It kind of failed us’: With eyes of the world on Iowa, another hiccup in American democracy
The state party spent four years figuring out how to not repeat the problems of 2016. Their efforts fell apart Monday night.
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Breakdown in Iowa casts spotlight on caucus system
State Democratic Party officials had prepared what they thought was a system for reporting results that would be easy to use and protected from cyber attacks. But something happened that froze everything.
Hours after Iowans began caucusing, there are no official results. When the results arrive, we will have them.