Amid hacking fears, key caucus states to use app for results
In this Nov. 1, 2019, file photo, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price speaks during the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty and Justice Celebration in Des Moines, Iowa. Two of the first three states to vote in the Democratic presidential race will use new mobile apps to gather results from thousands of caucus sites. The technology is intended to make counting easier, but that raises concerns of hacking or glitches. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

AP Iowa Democratic Party Chair
Paper backups will be used to certify results.

Two of the first three states to vote in the Democratic presidential race will use new mobile apps to gather results from thousands of caucus sites — technology intended to make counting easier but that raises concerns of hacking or glitches.

Democratic Party activists in Iowa and Nevada will use programs downloaded to their personal phones to report the results of caucus gatherings to the state headquarters. That data will then be used to announce the unofficial winners. Paper records will later be used to certify the results.

The party is moving ahead with the technology amid warnings that foreign hackers could target the 2020 presidential campaign to try to sow chaos and undermine American democracy. Party officials say they are cognizant of the threat and taking numerous security precautions. Any errors, they say, will be easily correctable because of backups.

Associated Press


One comment

  • Sonja Emily Fitch

    January 21, 2020 at 6:09 am

    GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY WHY IN THE HELL WOULD THE NAMES OF THE COMPANIES DEVELOPING THE APS BE NAMED? RIGGED FROM THE GET GO..PAPER AND PENCIL…THE AMERICAN WAY.

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