083019 404 The Democratic National Committee recommends Iowa scrap its plans for telephone-based virtual caucuses next year, citing security concerns. they had asked the state party to make Iowa’s first-in-the-nation ’s caucuses more accessible. The caucuses are regularly criticized for not being inclusive. And the Iowa Democratic Party came up with a plan in February to give participants the opportunity to make decisions via phone. Troy Price is the state party chair. The DNC got to a point