The Iowa caucuses on February 3 ended in a chaotic mess. After days of delays, the results that were eventually presented were still riddled with errors.
Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Troy Price announced his resignation on Wednesday over the state's disastrous handling of its 2020 caucuses.'s State Central Committee, Price said he will"resign as chair of the Iowa Democratic Party effective upon the election of my replacement." His resignation comes one week after the IDP finally released the Iowa caucus results last week following days of delays due to disastrous meltdowns with the body's reporting system.
"While it is my desire to stay in this role and see this process through to completion, I do believe it is time for the Iowa Democratic Party to begin looking forward, and my presence in my current role makes that more difficult," Price said. The Iowa caucuses on February 3 ended in a chaotic mess. After the event concluded, news emerged that the results had been severely delayed due to technical difficulties related to user-error problems with a new mobile app. More than two days later, the IDP finally released the results from the state that showed former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg narrowly leading the Democratic field in terms of delegates to the state convention.
Chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party Troy Price exits the stage after speaking about the technical issues that delayed the Iowa Democratic caucuses results during a news conference at the Iowa Events Center on February 4, 2020 in Des Moines, Iowa. Price resigned Wednesday due to the troubles with the Iowa caucuses.Buttigieg led Sanders in that metric by one-tenth-of-one-percentage-point with 26.
After both declaring themselves victorious, Sanders called for a partial recanvassing of 28 precincts. Buttigieg later joined the senator and requested 66 precincts be checked. The IDP is also reviewing 95 precincts independent of any candidate's requests. The recanvassing efforts come after it was discovered that even with days of"quality control," the results that were eventually presented were still riddled with errors.
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