MSNBC reporting problem with Iowa numbers, party saying they're doing "quality control"

[highplainsdem]

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Editing to add a link from a NYT reporter:

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[JoeOtterbein]

1. WTF!!!!!! ntn

[highplainsdem]

4. Surprised MSNBC, too.

[oregonjen]

6. Sounds like tampering, "quality control"?

[JoeOtterbein]

8. Jeeze... I wish I was in Oregon right now!

I'd take a long walk in the woods!

[oregonjen]

12. We have vote by mail

So much nicer than caucuses!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. I've been to caucuses - they are inherently chaotic.

Tampering is rare but disorganization is the norm. People are just running around with little pieces of paper in boxes. It's a sloppy system prone to mistakes and losing track of things. Tampering isn't necessary when there's built-in chaos.

[squirecam]

2. They tried something new

And were not properly prepared.....

This could take a while. No ETA according to MSNBC.

Perhaps this is reason enough to remove Iowa as first in the nation.

[HarlanPepper]

3. Maybe on the plus side this will add to the argument that caucuses aren't very efficient.

And should be phased out. I’m all for taking your time to get it right but there should be some level of expediency as well.

[Indykatie]

9. We Can Only Hope

Having the Caucus end up being a clusterf**k would definitely help to get the Dem party to rethink this process that does little to represent the actual demographics of the current Dem party.

[squirecam]

13. It's unfair to older or disabled voters

Or those who cannot devote hours to the process

[RandySF]

5. Do a primary in 2024

[Snarkoleptic]

7. Trump's overseas despot club motto is hack early, hack often.

So I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if foreign and domestic actors have screwed with reporting systems.

[ecstatic]

10. I was thinking Iowa would be immune to interference

Hmm... My fear is that we're not in control of our own primaries.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. It's probably not interference, just chaos and sloppy record-keeping.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Caucuses are so chaotic that it's not surprising there would be

a "quality control" problem. People run around all over the place with little slips of paper in boxes and nobody can keep track of who's got what or where things are. Yet another reason to dump caucuses.

[Cha]

15. Thanks, hpd

[squirecam]

17. Zzzzzzzz

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