An app created by a tech firm run by veterans of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign is taking heat for the unprecedented delay in reporting Democratic caucus results from Iowa. AdvertisementInstead, results from Monday’s caucuses could not be transmitted to Iowa party headquarters and the delays increased. The state party subsequently told the Des Moines Register it had been independently tested. The state Democratic parties of Iowa and Nevada each paid around $60,000 to Shadow, according to Federal Election Commission disclosures. “I have people who have been on hold for 20, 30, 40 minutes” with the state party, Smith told The Times.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 04, 2020 09:00 UTC