Democratic presidential primary contest descends into chaos in midwestern state
- Full story: ‘Inconsistencies’ delay Iowa results
The results of the Iowa caucus, the first step in nominating the Democrat who will run against Donald Trump in November’s presidential election, have been delayed amid mass confusion in the state.
A verdict had been expected well before midnight, but candidates were still in the dark in the early hours of Tuesday. The Iowa Democratic party would only say it “expect[s] to have numbers to report later today”.
The confusion was, in part, attributed to a new system of counting votes in Iowa. Three sets of votes were due to be released, relating to different stages of the process. But precinct captains – who oversee voting at more than 1,600 locations across Iowa – told journalists it had taken hours to report their local vote counts to the Democratic party.
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Source: US Politics - theguardian.com
