Statewide Iowa — (RI) — Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg are asking Iowa Democratic Party officials to check the results from 143 Iowa Caucus precincts for accuracy.
Iowa Democratic Party chairman Troy Price says to alter any faulty results that may be discovered, though, will require a campaign to then ask for a recount.
Critics are piling on. The Iowa Caucuses were a punch line in a joke during this weekend’s Oscars broadcast and a top adviser on the Sanders campaign has suggested this situation shows none of the Iowa Caucus results in the past were accurate.
Price suggested “outside voices” are talking freely about the problems created when a smartphone app for reporting results failed spectacularly on Caucus Night. Price says he is obviously very disappointed that Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez has placed the blame for the technical failures on Price and other state party officials.
Price says he will reply to the Sanders and Buttigieg campaigns within 48 hours about “next steps.” On Sunday, Iowa Democrats announced Buttigieg was getting 14 delegates to the party’s national convention and Sanders would get 12. Price says 176-thousand Democrats attended the Iowa Caucuses last week, the second highest turn-out ever.
