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LiberalArkie

(15,715 posts)
Tue Feb 4, 2020, 03:56 PM Feb 2020

Here's the Shadow Inc. App That Failed in Iowa Last Night

Jonathan Green said that everything was going well until he had to use the IowaReporterApp.

"On the ground, it went great," Green, the chair of the Democractic presidential primary caucuses in Iowa's Fremont Township and Lone Tree precincts and an IT systems administrator for a financial services firm, said.

"I got pissed off four years ago at how my precinct was run, which is why I volunteered to do it this time around," he said. "We had 113 people and everyone was pleasant. I had to recruit a secretary once we were going—I couldn't find one ahead of time. Everyone was patient and in good cheer. I know that's not likely the case today. My girlfriend, especially, is distraught. She has poured her life and soul into this thing, and for naught."

Green, like many other precinct chairs, faced problems reporting the results of the caucus to Iowa's Democratic Party using the app. Due to a coding error, the app, created by a company called Shadow Inc., wasn't reporting the correct data, according to the Iowa Democratic Party. The error resulted in the Democrats delaying all public reporting of the results of Monday's caucuses, and has sown chaos and confusion in a hotly contested and deeply important primary.

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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3m33x/heres-the-shadow-inc-app-that-failed-in-iowa-last-night?utm_source=digg

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Here's the Shadow Inc. App That Failed in Iowa Last Night (Original Post) LiberalArkie Feb 2020 OP
Shadow, Inc would be a great name for a hacking group in a movie. nilram Feb 2020 #1
I know. That is what I have said. LiberalArkie Feb 2020 #2
Next you'll say that Quackers Feb 2020 #4
The IDP was warned against using the app in mid January Autumn Feb 2020 #3
 

nilram

(2,888 posts)
1. Shadow, Inc would be a great name for a hacking group in a movie.
Tue Feb 4, 2020, 04:24 PM
Feb 2020

But not a name I would trust for counting actual votes.

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primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

LiberalArkie

(15,715 posts)
2. I know. That is what I have said.
Tue Feb 4, 2020, 04:28 PM
Feb 2020

Kind of like a yellow page ad for “ZZZ Accounting”

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primary today, I would vote for:
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Quackers

(2,256 posts)
4. Next you'll say that
Tue Feb 4, 2020, 04:33 PM
Feb 2020

You don’t trust Kneecapped Bail Bonds or Dirty Hands Food Service.

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primary today, I would vote for:
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