Iowa caucus results postponed by ‘disparities’

Arise from Iowa’s caucuses, the first vote in the race to select a Democratic candidate to deal with President Donald Trump, have been plunged into chaos by apparent technology issues.

The state’s Democratic party said it had actually found “disparities”.

But it insisted the unmatched setback was a “reporting issue”, not a “hack or an invasion”.

Voters gathered to over 1,600 schools, libraries and churches throughout 99 counties on Monday.

Iowa Democratic Celebration spokeswoman Mandy McClure said: “We found disparities in the reporting of 3 sets of results.”

She included: “This is merely a reporting concern, the app did not decrease and this is not a hack or an intrusion.

” The underlying information and proof is sound and will merely take time to additional report the outcomes.”

For the first time this year, Iowa Democrats were required to report three numbers to celebration head office, instead of just the last delegate totals.

It was uncertain when any results would finally be launched.

Did the app crash?

Ms McClure’s statement was flatly contradicted by celebration officials at county level, who blamed innovation concerns for the delay.

They stated the app created for caucus organisers to report their outcomes had actually malfunctioned, leaving precinct captains to call state celebration head office, whose phone lines promptly became jammed.

Elesha Gayman, the Democratic chairwoman of Scott county, Iowa’s 3rd largest, said lots of officials were having problems reporting outcomes.

She stated they had actually been left holding on hold and she understood of just one precinct captain who had actually been able to report via the app.

Dallas County chairman Bryce Smith likewise said the app had actually crashed.

Nate Gruber,