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THREADI don’t want to hear about Democrats being able to run elections smoothly and count all votes
Remember the mess from their Iowa caucuses?
No? Well follow along
“Iowa caucus app: Iowa Democratic Party blames 'coding issue' for results delay” https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/iowa-democratic-party-blames-app-coding-issue-delay-caucus-results-n1129701
“The Iowa Democratic Party said Tuesday that its new app, meant to speed up the reporting of caucus results, had a “coding issue” that instead led to a significant delay in counting and reporting results.” https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/iowa-democratic-party-blames-app-coding-issue-delay-caucus-results-n1129701
“The error, which caused accurately collected data to be only partially reported, pushed the party to resort to manual backups.”
Price said there was no indication of any outside effort to affect the app or the reporting of results.
Price said there was no indication of any outside effort to affect the app or the reporting of results.
The app appeared to have problems even before the “coding issue.”
"We have every indication that our systems were secure and there was not a cybersecurity intrusion," Price said. "In preparation for the caucuses, our systems were tested by independent cybersecurity consultants.”
"We have every indication that our systems were secure and there was not a cybersecurity intrusion," Price said. "In preparation for the caucuses, our systems were tested by independent cybersecurity consultants.”
Early Monday, Democratic county chairmen in Iowa said that some of their precinct leaders had trouble downloading and installing the app, and others received error messages. Two of those chairs said they were going to use manual methods and call the results in on a hotline.
“Nobody having trouble with the app should feel dumb!” one of the organizers wrote Monday morning. “I am hearing way more problems than in 2016… Worst case, call it in, which I expect 90% of the state will be doing anyway.”
“I gave up on the app,” another precinct chair replied
“I gave up on the app,” another precinct chair replied
The 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses were controversial due to the delays in reporting the results. These delays were caused in part by problems with a mobile application created by Shadow Inc. that was used to report voting totals.
Shadow, the startup behind the catastrophic Iowa caucuses earlier this year, has quietly lost its majority funder, rebranded itself, and changed its CEO to help chart a new, more focused direction in 2020. https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/5/8/21251438/shadow-bluelink-iowa-caucus-app-rebranding
“Shadow Inc. is now called BlueLink, a restructuring that was certainly necessary after Shadow became embroiled in controversy for creating the flawed and hastily built app that sowed confusion and significantly delayed the reporting of the results of Iowa’s Democratic caucuses.”
“It’s part of an attempt by the company to move past a massive blunder that not only jeopardized Shadow the company, but also cast shadows over the Democratic Party’s tech and Silicon Valley donors’ abilities to bring their know-how to the party.”
But who is Shadow Inc (BlueLink) and why does it matter? (SHADY name by the way)
Maker of failed Iowa caucus app is year-old start-up with ties to the Clinton campaign and Democratic Party https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-shadow-app-acronym-democratic-party-20200205-r7vbxztfkbdtpnhamc6gy6fy2i-story.html
Maker of failed Iowa caucus app is year-old start-up with ties to the Clinton campaign and Democratic Party https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-shadow-app-acronym-democratic-party-20200205-r7vbxztfkbdtpnhamc6gy6fy2i-story.html
“The little-known tech start-up under scrutiny after the meltdown of the Iowa Democratic caucuses was founded little more than a year ago by veterans of Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 presidential campaign who had presented themselves as gurus of campaigning in the digital era.”
“Shadow Inc. was picked in secret by the Iowa Democratic Party after its leaders consulted with the Democratic National Committee on vetting vendors and security protocols for developing a phone app used to gather and tabulate the caucus results.” https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-shadow-app-acronym-democratic-party-20200205-r7vbxztfkbdtpnhamc6gy6fy2i-story.html
“Officials in Iowa blamed an unspecified “coding issue” with the software that led to it producing only partial and unreliable results. It did not identify the firm that produced the technology, but campaign disclosure reports show that the Iowa party paid $63K to Shadow in 2019”
“After the company came under withering criticism on social media Tuesday, it issued a series of tweets that expressed “regret” over technical glitches which contributed to a delay in the release of results, but stopped short of fully apologizing.” https://twitter.com/shadowinchq/status/1224773796307050497
So who won? Well not Bernie Sanders because DEMs rigs the election against him. Pete Buttigieg won.
“Shadow Inc. was launched by ACRONYM, a nonprofit corporation founded in 2017 by Tara McGowan, a political strategist who runs companies aimed at promoting Democratic candidates”
“Shadow Inc. was launched by ACRONYM, a nonprofit corporation founded in 2017 by Tara McGowan, a political strategist who runs companies aimed at promoting Democratic candidates”
“McGowan, 34, is married to Michael Halle, a senior strategist for Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign, which records show has also paid Shadow Inc. $42,500 for software. Halle’s brother Ben also works for the Buttigieg campaign.” https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-shadow-app-acronym-democratic-party-20200205-r7vbxztfkbdtpnhamc6gy6fy2i-story.html
McGowan sought to distance herself from Shadow’s IowaReporterApp on Monday night, characterizing the app developer as an “independent” company. https://twitter.com/taraemcg/status/1224591572458668032
“But business and tax records show ACRONYM and Shadow are registered at the same Washington, D.C., street address, which belongs to a WeWork co-working location. Shadow CEO Gerard Niemira previously served as the CEO and CTO at ACRONYM, according to an online resume.”
“As of Sunday, ACRONYM’s website said it “launched Shadow.” On Tuesday, the day after the caucuses, that language changed to say it had just “invested” in the company.” https://twitter.com/knibbs/status/1224726377099857920
“James Hickey, Shadow's chief operating officer, was an engineering manager at Hillary for America. Krista Davis, the chief technical officer and chief software architect at Shadow, was a backend engineer for the Clinton campaign.”
Moral of the story is that when Democrats decide on who they want to win (or lose), they do everything in their power, legal or illegal, to get their way.
The Clinton Camp wanted Bernie to lose so they had their people develop the app used in one of their biggest caucuses. (end)
The Clinton Camp wanted Bernie to lose so they had their people develop the app used in one of their biggest caucuses. (end)
