Discussion

• Vox Sara Morrison on x

  Technical difficulties in Iowa caucuses lead to widespread confusion, delayed results

• @farmerchris Chris Farmer on x

  @BriannaWu Here's the error message I got. Yikes. https://twitter.com/...

• @nicoleperlroth Nicole Perlroth on x

  “Shadow,” a name that connotes full transparency. https://twitter.com/...

• @tylerpager Tyler Pager on x

  The latest on delayed results: One precinct chair just told me he still hasn't been able to report his results because the phone app is not working and he's been on hold for the call hotline for more than 30 minutes. More from my story this morning https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @laurendesylva @laurendesylva on x

  Jesus Christ. I know this is hard to report on for non tech audience but I hope someone in the media picks up on just how badly written this app is. Total scandal. It's like someone pocketed a bunch of money and paid someone on Upwork $100 to bang this out #Iowa https://twitter.c…

• @mjb_sf Melinda Byerley on x

  Hey, radical idea: let's dump apps and electronic voting and go back to paper ballots like the rest of the civilized world? Some things don't need to be disrupted. https://twitter.com/...

• @arischulman Ari Schulman on x

  Here's a handy illustration of why election software is a terrible idea: This error message potentially tells anyone who's used SQL how to get access to this database to tinker with it however they want. https://twitter.com/...

• @joshuatopolsky Joshua Topolsky on x

  Love to see that everyone who is now on Twitter is: 1: an iOS and Android app developer 2: an Iowa native with decades of caucus experience 3: a professional investigative reporter

• @iamamnanawaz Amna on x

  🤦🏽‍♀ ️ “the app repeatedly asked him to enter a security code...After he'd logged in, the app kept kicking him off. And once he was able to enter his precinct's results he never got a confirmation that they had been received.” https://www.nytimes.com/... via ⁦@nytimes⁩

• @kath_krueger Katherine Krueger on x

  huffpost has reporting on the dem data firm behind the failed app. most notably: it was expensive, and it sure sounds like they're trying to use it in Nevada too https://www.huffpost.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @redsteeze Stephen Miller on x

  Iowa Democrats gonna need to learn to code. https://twitter.com/...

• @mdudas Mike Dudas on x

  Waking up to learn that we won't even need Russia's help to f*ck up this election https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @wakeup2politics Gabe Fleisher on x

  NPR first reported on the IDP reporting app last month, noting the wide range of vulnerabilities it posed, from cybersecurity risks to the possibility of a clogged system. IDP declined to answer q's on the app's development or what testing it had undergone https://www.npr.org/...

• @_claireconnelly Claire Connelly on x

  And this, friends, is one of the many, many, many, many, many, MANY reasons not to digitise elections. https://twitter.com/...

• @nytimes @nytimes on x

  Hours before the Iowa caucuses began, the state Democratic Party received reports that precinct chairs were struggling to use an app designed to help tally participation, causing confusion and fueling conspiracy theories on social media https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @eoinhiggins_ Eoin Higgins on x

  -App stops working a few hours before caucus begins https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @cnn @cnn on x

  Unhappy with Silicon Valley's efforts to curb manipulation of its platforms, the Democratic Party has been monitoring and tackling online disinformation on its own. The Iowa Caucus will be the first 2020 test of its new counter disinformation team. https://www.cnn.com/...