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Trump tilts at Romney and Pelosi in first speech after impeachment acquittal – live

  • Report shows Iowa caucus results ‘riddled with inconsistencies’
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  • Buttigieg lead over Sanders narrowing in Iowa results
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Following the Senate’s vote to acquit Trump, Republican senator Rick Scott is now proposing raising the voting threshold for the House to approve articles of impeachment.

After the partisan charade by @SpeakerPelosi & House Dems, I’m introducing a constitutional amendment that raises the threshold to approve articles of impeachment in the House to 3/5 Super Majority vote.Our country should never again suffer from a partisan impeachment process. pic.twitter.com/B44WZcB8Pl

The results that are still coming in from the blighted Iowa caucuses on Monday night are littered with errors, an analysis by the New York Times has found.

The results released by the Iowa Democratic Party on Wednesday were riddled with inconsistencies and other flaws. According to a New York Times analysis, more than 100 precincts reported results that were internally inconsistent, that were missing data or that were not possible under the complex rules of the Iowa caucuses.

In some cases, vote tallies do not add up. In others, precincts are shown allotting the wrong number of delegates to certain candidates. And in at least a few cases, the Iowa Democratic Party’s reported results do not match those reported by the precincts.

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Source: Elections - theguardian.com


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