Iowa margin between Clinton, Sanders shifts as errors found

[magical thyme]

Source: DesMoines Register

Party Chairwoman Andy McGuire the day after Monday's caucuses said no review would be conducted, and that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s narrow victory over Bernie Sanders is final.

But as errors are being discovered, the final tally is being changed, party officials confirmed to The Des Moines Register Friday morning.

"Both the Sanders and Clinton campaigns have flagged a very small number of concerns for us, and we are looking at them all on a case-by-case basis," Iowa Democratic Party spokesman Sam Lau told the Register.

Read more: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/02/05/iowa-margin-between-clinton-sanders-shifts-errors/79877898/

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They cite one error being corrected in the article, in Grinnell precinct. Original tally had been Clinton 8; Sanders 18. Corrected tally is Clinton 7; Sanders 19.

It was due to a math error, which was something I wondered about in the video where caucus goers who were not present were counted. They were doing the math manually there; not even an effing calculator!

[zentrum]

1. What did they do...

…originally? Flip the tallies?

[magical thyme]

4. math errors

sorry, I edited the post to reflect!

[jeff47]

32. It's not known. The precinct reported 19-7, the IA party set it to 18-8. (nt)

[dlwickham]

2. Not manually

Oh-My-God

[magical thyme]

5. that was at one precinct, on video. can't speak for the rest

but the video is out there for all to see.

[Dragonfli]

8. If this process happened in just a few places (not caught on camera) and it wouldn't take many

Then Hilary won by cheating...errr I mean poor math skills on the part of her buds back at the offices where these things are flipped.

No wonder Ms HRC 2016 vanity license plate put such a lid on transparency, there are things that if revealed might change the winner of a primary. If the errors recovered revealed Hill won more delegates you know damn well we'd have transparency up the ass.

[Jack Rabbit]

17. Let's not use that ugly word "cheating"

Let's just say they might have learned to count in the same place Katherine Harris did.

[AtomicKitten]

21. Exactly who I'd contribute the quote "The tally is FINAL!!!11" to if I had to guess.

This does not surprise me in the least. Like Bernie said, the end result will be a couple of delegates either way, but it's like Hillary stole the bragging rights even if it is corrected later. The video of one of Hillary's caucus leaders lying about the count is proof positive shenanigans (h/t Hillary) were afoot.

[nichomachus]

19. I'm glad you're so matter of fact about Hillary's gang cheating

But I suppose we should be used to her dirty dealing by now.

[dlwickham]

29. there was no cheating

or dirty dealing

[orpupilofnature57]

3. And this is how the stats of the country would go because of BIASED agendas and Single celled desire

to Win, with the truth being just part of the cost .

[oldandhappy]

6. single cell desire

thanks!!

[PoliticAverse]

7. "They were doing the math manually there" - it is important to note that the math was complicated

as it wasn't simple addition.

Iowa Caucus math:
https://medium.com/@IowaDems/caucus-math-in-3-minutes-1b9a496bbec2#.9vfy9jkmy

[NorthCarolina]

11. Pretty good reason to support Bernie's plans for education it seems.

eom

[Duval]

13. And his plan to help with college debt. My granddaughters owe $25,000 each!

It's outrageous, and we can help only a little now and then.

[earthside]

9. I'm think more all the time that Sanders won outright.

As the Des Moines Register said ... something "smells" in Iowa.

I wonder if it is demonstrated that Bernie won by a couple tenths of a percent if the Hillarians will talk about a win being a win ... or will they then want to settle for a tie?

[in_cog_ni_to]

24. He probably did and McGuire is covering it up.

HRH's campaign is corrupt to the core. She knew she couldn't win there...internal polls told them that, so lie, cheat and steal to get there. And, of course, have your lackey in the Iowa Democratic leadership in place to ensure the thievery is never discovered.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[OnlinePoker]

10. Did Hillary steal the election?

Might not have been on purpose like Bush in Florida in 2000, but the party machine is sure covering its ass on this.

[Duval]

14. Another question is "will she"?

[SammyWinstonJack]

23. If she can...

[840high]

15. ..+1

[nichomachus]

20. Well the similarity to Florida is

That Hillary and her gang don't want to see a correct count. That.'s what smells

[magical thyme]

30. in fairness, they reported irregularities too

time will tell how much the delegate count changes. the change above equaled less than 1/10, making less than a 2/10's difference. but maybe larger "irregularities" will turn up...

[Dustlawyer]

12. Bet she doesn't renew with another Hillary plate next year.

[creatives4innovation]

16. The IDP looks bad in all this

Here's a link to another article in today's Guardian on the altered caucus results.

[forest444]

18. President Clinton said it best:

Arithmetic!

[blackspade]

22. Interesting

[dae]

25. Thx 4 sharing. Love ur use of "effing" b/c I use it and my

children (all adults) find it amusing.

[grasswire]

26. Cut it out!! nt

[Ford_Prefect]

27. Ask not for whom the votes are counted...

For who counts the votes determines the winner.

[SoapBox]

28. Sheesh...all I personally want is accuracy and honesty.

Gads...how radical of me.

[CharlotteVale]

31. K&R