Iowa Newspaper Makes Shocking Demand After Election Results

Bernie Sanders, 49.8% to 49.6%, according to the tallies announced by the Iowa Democratic Party. “But the refusal to undergo scrutiny or allow for an appeal reeks of autocracy”, the DMR reads.

The chair of the Iowa Democratic Party, Dr. Andy McGuire, maintained that the results are final and said she will not release the actual raw vote count – which has never been done in the history of the Iowa Democratic Party.

The editorial, from the newspaper’s editorial board, states, “What happened Monday night at the Democratic caucuses was a debacle, period”.

Clinton, who has since claimed victory in Iowa, and Sanders are separated by a mere two tenths of one percent.

Iowa’s largest newspaper called Thursday for an audit into the results of the state’s Democratic caucus, pointing to confusion and problems at numerous polling sites – and declaring “something smells in the Democratic Party”.

This year, on the Republican side, Donald Trump has also raised questions about Iowa caucus results.

Despite the incredibly close race, the party said it will not recount the results. Provide a list of each precinct coin flip and its outcome, as well as other information sought by the Register.

“It’s not that we think anybody did anything intentionally, but human error happens”, Rania Batrice, a Sanders spokesperson, told the Des Moines Register.

And then call for a blue ribbon commission to study how to improve the caucuses, as the Republican Party of Iowa did after its own fiasco in 2012. “Monday’s caucuses were a unique event that involved more than 171,000 Iowans and their neighbors at a specific time and place, and thus they can not be re-created or recounted”, the party’s communications director, Sam Lau, said in a statement, Talking Points Memo reported. It’s as if RAGBRAI tried to morph into the Tour de France. The current system is described as “just as antiquated and opaque as the smoke-filled rooms of yore”.

The editorial staff concluded: “Democrats should ask themselves: What do we want the Iowa caucus to be?” Does it become more like a straw poll or primary? “We will look into these concerns and reach out to our county party leadership with any questions”.

The Register editors conclude by asserting that nothing less than “the future of the first-in-the-nation caucuses” demands a full audit.