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021020 504 Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaigns have filed requests for a partial recanvass of the results of Iowa's Democratic caucuses. In today’s filing, the Sanders campaign cited "mathematical errors and inconsistencies" in more than two dozen caucus locations that it says would change the results if amended. The Iowa Democratic Party says the Buttigieg campaign requested a check on results in 66 precincts. Current results show Buttigieg with a razor-thin lead over

021020 404 Pete Buttigieg is seeking a partial audit of results from the Iowa Democratic Caucus. The Democratic presidential candidate made the request for a "partial recanvass" to Troy Price, chair of the Iowa Democratic Party. Vermont US Senator Bernie Sanders has already submitted a list of 25 precincts and three satellite caucus locations that he wants the Iowa Democratic Party to review. Sander says if there are mistakes, correcting could give him an edge in the razor-thin difference in

021020 304 Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaigns have filed requests for a partial recanvass of the results of Iowa's Democratic caucuses. In its Monday filing, the Sanders campaign cited "mathematical errors and inconsistencies" in more than two dozen caucus locations that it says would change the results if amended. The Iowa Democratic Party says the Buttigieg campaign requested a check on results in 66 precincts. Current results show Buttigieg with a razor-thin lead over

Democratic Presidential Candidate and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders Edit | Remove 021020 noon Bernie Sanders’ campaign is asking for a “partial recanvass” of the results of last week’s Iowa caucuses . Today is the deadline for candidates to ask the Iowa Democratic Party to recanvass the results. A recanvass is not a recount, but a check of the vote count to ensure the results were added correctly. The state party released updated results on Sunday showing Pete Buttigieg leading Sanders by two

The chair of the Iowa Democratic Party called for an independent investigation into the problems that caused mayhem and delayed Monday night’s caucus results in the Hawkeye State. Troy Price tweeted today, “With reports from 100% of the precincts in, we are taking steps to ensure the accuracy of the results. An independent investigation of what happened is necessary once we finalize the results.” The tweet comes as Iowa Democrats scramble to finalize the tallies from the caucuses after reporting

020720 304 Presidential candidates now have extra time to request a recount of the Iowa Caucuses. The Iowa Democratic Party is giving the campaigns until noon Monday to ask for a recanvass of the caucus results. The results from Monday night’s Iowa Caucus were delayed by a malfunctioning mobile app used to report the numbers from each precinct. Multiple news outlets have also reported discrepancies in the data after it was compiled manually by party staffers. In some cases, it appears candidates

020720 404 The Iowa Democratic Party has extended until Monday a deadline for presidential candidates to request a review of the results of this week's Iowa presidential caucuses. Originally, the candidates had until today at noon to request a review. The decision follows the caucus night debacle in collecting votes from caucus sites that led to a dayslong delay in reporting the results and inconsistencies in the numbers. It then took until yesterday for the state party to issue what it said are

A deadly fire in Sioux City remains under investigation. A man and woman died at hospital of their injuries, another man critically hurt. The fire broke out at a home on West 1 st Street about 7 blocks west of Hamilton Boulevard. While putting out the fire and looking in the basement firefighters found the three fire victims. Sioux City Fire Marshal Mark Aesoph there weren’t any working smoke alarms in the house. The home is a rental property and local law mandates working smoke alarms. The

020620 504 There could be a “recanvass” of the results of the Iowa caucuses. The chairman of the Democratic National Committee Tom Perez tweeted Thursday that “enough is enough” after three days of technical issues and delays. He says the recanvass is needed to “assure public confidence.” Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders are nearly tied for the lead with 97% of precincts reporting. Both candidates have declared themselves victorious in Monday's contest. The Associated Press has not called the

020620 304 The chairman of the Democratic National Committee is calling for a “recanvass” of the results of Monday's Iowa caucus. Technical problems and delays have marred the first contest on the 2020 election calendar. The current results show Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders nearly tied with almost all the votes counted. But the race remained too early to call early Thursday, with 97% of precincts reporting. Party officials are scrambling to verify the remaining results three days after