Daily News Article - February 5, 2020
1. a) When is Nevada’s Democratic primary?
b) What will the Nevada party use in place of the app they bought from the same company (Shadow Inc.) the Iowa Democrats used?
2. a) How much did each state party pay for the app?
b) What was the app supposed to do?
3. What problem did the Iowa Democratic Party experience with the app used for reporting caucus results? - Why did the backup reporting fail?
4. How had Democratic precinct chairs in Iowa report the results of their caucus for many years prior?
5. Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said in an interview this week that the Department of Homeland Security offered to test the app used in the Iowa Democratic caucuses, but officials declined the offer.
What do you think about the party’s use of this app?