Iowa caucus: 'I'm the winner' says Trump amid Democrat chaos – BBC News, BBC News
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The Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) initially denied reports that the app had caused problems.
Mandy McClure, the party spokeswoman, said there were “inconsistencies in the reporting of three sets of results” that was simply a “reporting issue”.
“The underlying data and paper trail is sound and will simply take time to further report the results,” she said.
However, on Tuesday Tom Price, the IDP Chairman, admitted that an error in the app had caused the chaos.
An investigation found that “the underlying data collected via the app was sound,” but only part of the data was being displayed in reports, Mr Price said.
“We have determined that this was due to a coding issue in the reporting system,” he said. “This issue was identified and fixed.”
He expected full results to be announced on Tuesday, he said, adding: “While our plan is to release results as soon as possible today, our ultimate goal is to ensure that the integrity and accuracy of the process continues to be upheld. “
Rules on reporting were changed for this year, with Iowa Democrats required to report three numbers to party headquarters, rather than just the final delegate totals.
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