Unlike a primary run by the state government, caucuses are party affairs and they are powered by the dedication of a small army of volunteers in every city, town and hamlet of a state. Mr. Simonson said that he had spent nearly three hours trying to report results on Monday. At 10:26 p.m., the Iowa Democratic Party issued a longer statement. “This is simply a reporting issue, the app did not go down and this is not a hack or an intrusion. The underlying data and paper trail is sound and will simply take time to further report the results.”

Source: New York Times February 04, 2020 10:49 UTC