Nevada Democrats have released a revamped plan for the Feb. 22 caucuses, adding measures intended to avoid a repeat of problems that ensnared Iowa's vote. In a memo released Thursday, Nevada Democrats said there will be a two-step process for reporting results consisting of submissions made by phone
LAS VEGAS — Nevada Democrats have released a revamped plan for the Feb. 22 caucuses, adding measures intended to avoid a repeat of problems that ensnared Iowa's vote. But they will still rely on a complex process involving internet-connected iPads that is being rolled out to caucus organizers a little more than a week before voting.
Election experts have warned that deploying new technology and making last-minute changes to the process without sufficient training and field testing increase confusion and the possibility of problems. They have also raised concerns about a lack of transparency over who is helping party officials develop some of the technology being used, which prevents scrutiny of their qualifications and security experience.
Party officials emphasized that no custom applications were built and instead the process relies on “off the shelf technology from Google” connected with forms and spreadsheets for convenience. They also said they alerted Google that they planned to use its programs. The caucus organizer will use the Google form to enter information about how many people were caucusing at each precinct and candidate tallies for each round of voting and then to submit the final delegate totals. If the iPad or Google form fails, the state party will rely on a paper worksheet that every caucus organizer will be required to complete.
Early voting, a complicated step that Iowa did not attempt, has added to Nevada's challenges. There's uncertainty about how early voters would be included in later stages of the caucus process. That was not addressed in Thursday’s memo. It was also not clear what security measures were in place to physically protect the devices themselves.
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