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RE-CANVASSING EFFORTS UNLESS A CANDIDATE ASKED FOR IT. THIS TWEET FIRED OFF THURSDAY MORNING BY THE DNC CHAIR CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE RE-CANVASSING. SPARKED THIS RESPONSE FROM IDP CHAIR TROY PRICE SHOOTING DOWN THAT REQUEST. SHOULD ANY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE IOWA DELEGATE SELECTION PLAN REQUEST A RECANVASS, THE IDP IS PREPARED THE IOWA DEMOCRATIC PARTY ADMITS THERE WERE ISSUES MONDAY WITH A PHONE APP DESIGNED TO COLLECT CAUCUS RESULTS. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SAYS IT DID HAVE A PHONE BANK MANNED AND READY TO TAKE IN CAUCUS RESULTS IF THE APP DIDN’T WORK. BUT TODAY IDP COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR MANDY MCCLURE SAYS THAT THE BACKUP PLAN WAS SABOTAGED. IN A STATEMENT MCCLURE SAY ON CAUCUS DAY, THE IOWA DEMOCRATIC PARTY EXPERIENCED AN UNUSUALLY HIGH VOLUME OF INBOUND PHONE CALLS TO ITS CAUCU HOTLINE, INCLUDING SUPPORTERS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE UNEXPLAINED, AND AT TIMES HOSTILE, CALLS CONTRIBUTED TO THE DELAY IN THE IOWA DEMOCRATIC PARTIES COLLECTION OF RESULTS. REGARDLESS OF WHO CALLED THE HOTLINE WHAT HAPPENED MONDAY , CANT BE ERASED. >> THE PROBLEM OF COURSE FOR THE DEMOCRATS IN THE EYES OF THE POLITICAL WORLD WERE ON IOWA AND THE IOWA DEMOCRATIC PARTY MONDAY NIGHT AND NO ONE SHOWED UP ON STAGE. MARCUS KCCI POLITICAL ANALYST : DENNIS GOLDFORD SAYS THE CAUCUS CONFUSION COULD HAVE LONG LASTING EFFECT. >> AFTER THE RESULTS OF MONDAY NIGHT AND GENERALLY THAT IS GOING TO BE EVEN MORE OF AN UPHILL BATTLE TO MAINTAIN THIS SPOT NEXT TIME AROUND. MARCUS IF IT COMES TO A FIGHT TO : KEEP FIRST IN THE NATION STATUS THE IDP WILL NOT GO TO , BATTLE ALONE. >> WHEN IT COMES TO THE FIRST IN THE NATION THE IOWA CAUCUSES WE DO STAND ARM AND ARM WITH TH IOWA DEMOCRA

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The chairman of the Democratic National Committee called for a recanvass in the 2020 Iowa caucuses.The Iowa Democratic Party continues to verify results three days after the end of the caucuses. Now, the wait for results could be extended following a request for recanvass by National Democratic Committee Chair Tom Perez."In light of the problems that have emerged in the implementation of the delegate selection plan and in order to assure public confidence in the results, I am calling on the Iowa Democratic Party to immediately begin a recanvass,” Perez wrote in a tweet.The latest numbers from the Iowa caucuses show former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Bernie Sanders in a virtual dead heat with 96% of precincts reporting.See Iowa caucus results here.A recanvassing would involve reviewing the worksheets from each caucus site to ensure their accuracy.“From the language from Chairman Perez, the National Democratic Party is pretty fed up by this debacle that occurred Monday night,” KCCI political analyst Dennis Goldford said.Goldford said the national party is sending a clear message to the Iowa Democratic Party.“They are suggesting, this year at least, the Iowa Democratic Party is not capable of playing in the big leagues,” he said. Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price issued a response that all but shoots down the national party's request for a recanvass.Price’s statement said, in part, “Should any presidential campaign in compliance with the Iowa Delegate Selection Plan request a recanvass, the IDP is prepared.” The Iowa Democratic Party acknowledged issues with app used to collect caucus results, but said a backup plan in place was sabotaged."On Caucus Day, the Iowa Democratic Party experienced an unusually high volume of inbound phone calls to its Caucus hotline, including supporters of President Trump,” Iowa Democratic Party communications director Mandy McClure said. “The unexplained, and at times hostile, calls contributed to the delay in the Iowa Democratic Party's collection of results"“The problem of course for the Democrats in the eyes of the political world were on Iowa, and the Iowa Democratic Party Monday night and no one showed up on stage,” Goldford said.Goldford said the caucus fiasco is embarrassing for state-level and national Democratic party officials alike.“This is egg on the face of the Iowa Democratic Party,” he said. “It’s also egg on the face of the national party as well because they are the ones who said, ‘Yes, Iowa will still go first in the nation.’”Sign placed on IDP's building voices anger over caucus results