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- The Iowa caucuses were thrown into chaos Monday night and into Tuesday morning when the results were delayed over "inconsistencies" in voter data reported through a new mobile app.
- Democratic Party activists downloaded the new app to their personal phones and were planning to use it to transmit the voter data from the approximately 1,700 caucus sites to the state party.
- In a statement, the Iowa Democratic Party said it would take more time to verify the results and conduct "quality checks." It's unclear whether the app malfunctioned.
- This isn't the first time the parties have used an app in Iowa. In 2016, both Republicans and Democrats used an app designed by Microsoft.
- The Nevada Democratic Party plans to use an app to report its primary election results later this month.
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The Iowa caucuses were thrown into chaos Monday night and into Tuesday when results were delayed over "inconsistencies" in voter data reported through a new mobile app.
Democratic Party activists downloaded the new app to their personal phones and were planning to use the mobile app to transmit voter data from the approximately 1,700 caucus sites to the state party. Shadow, a tech company owned by the Democratic digital nonprofit group Acronym, is behind the app, HuffPost reported.See the rest of the story at Business Insider NOW WATCH: A law professor weighs in on how Trump could beat impeachment See Also: SEE ALSO: Trump was caught on camera pretending to conduct an orchestra during the national anthem at his Super Bowl watch party  |