The Iowa Democratic Caucus: Why Elections Need To Be Fully and Independently Audited

… While it’s not necessarily surprising that there are errors and inconsistencies in the current tabulation reports from the Iowa Democratic caucuses, the issue is that we may never get a clear, trustworthy, and accurate tabulation of the caucus results. …

And I keep scratching my head, wondering why, given how close and competitive the Democratic presidential selection contest has been, it doesn’t appear that anyone considered building a process to audit and validate the caucus results in near-real time. CONT.

Michael Alvarez (Caltech), Election Updates