© 2025 NPR Illinois
The Capital's Community & News Service since 1975
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Get involved now! ProtectMyPublicMedia.org Make the call.

Iowa Precinct Captain Describes Caucus Chaos

Caucus participant at Central Campus High School raise their hands to be counted. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Caucus participant at Central Campus High School raise their hands to be counted. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Darryl Brackeen Jr. (@dbrackeen), a precinct captain who worked on behalf of the Joe Biden campaign at Monday night’s Iowa caucuses, describes how complicated it was to report results.

The state Democratic Party says a technical glitch with a smartphone app led to a delay in declaring who won the caucuses.

 

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.