It's unclear just how the caucuses in both Iowa and Nevada will move forward while still fulfilling a DNC-imposed accessibility requirement
Democrats in Iowa and Nevada were steaming Friday after the Democratic National Committee recommended scuttling proposals intended to make caucuses in both states more accessible and increase turnout in 2020.
Officials in Iowa, however, say that system was not comparable to the technology under consideration for the caucuses. Democratic leaders in both states expressed frustration that they went to great lengths to craft plans and release them publicly early in the year.Sign Up Link accused the DNC of leaking a narrative last week out of a closed committee in San Francisco. “This whole notion that their system was hacked and it was a security risk — there was no system in place yet,” he said.
The DNC is particularly sensitive to cyber-attacks, after Russian operatives hacked into its systems during the 2016 presidential race. FBI officials have repeatedly warned that the 2020 elections are just as vulnerable to similar attacks, including from foreign nations. Meanwhile, numerous campaigns on Friday called on the DNC to stick to its plan that would increase accessibility.
Iowa Democrats vowed on Friday that a new ruling by the Democratic National Committee would not jeopardize Iowa's status as the first-in-the-nation caucus state.
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