NPR - Computer experts and caucus chairs said there was not enough training on using the app before Monday's caucuses, which are chaotic enough as it is.
"It appears in this case that the app was never really tested in a manner which came close to approximating the real mess of an election," Doug Jones, a computer science professor at the University of Iowa and a former caucus precinct leader, told NPR on Tuesday.
"Caucus chairs, in many cases, apparently were attempting to download and install the app on their phones on caucus night," he said. "That's extraordinarily difficult to do that kind of thing under pressure."
A report by NPR and Iowa Public Radio last month raised several concerns about the app. Cybersecurity experts interviewed by NPR said the party's decision to withhold the technical details of its app made it hard to have complete confidence in it.
"Drawing the blinds on the process leaves us, in the public, in a position where we can't even assess the competence of the people doing something on our behalf," Jones, the computer science professor, said then.
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The problems with an app that Pete's team invested in and which has turned into chaos for the reporting of results, seems extraordinarily corrupt, and beneficial for Pete. Is this part of the DNC fix? I want to know how it is even legal for any campaign or candidate to invest in the software that is going to be used in an election. This whole situation is completely dodgy and it bodes terribly for honesty for the rest of the election.
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