爱荷华州民主党说，一个“编码问题”是导致周一晚总统初选结果推迟的拙劣报道的原因。

IDP主席特洛伊·普赖斯（Troy Price）周二上午发表声明称，用于报告核心会议结果的应用程序只发送了“部分数据”。普莱斯说，该党已经能够核实，该应用程序准确地收集了输入的结果，但它随后未能正确地传输数据的党。

普莱斯说：“虽然应用程序准确地记录了数据，但它只报告了部分数据。”。“我们已经确定这是由于报告系统中的编码问题。”

普赖斯称，这个问题已经“确定并解决”。该党计划今天晚些时候公布选举结果。

爱荷华州党团会议的结果传统上是打电话，但今年，爱荷华州民主党鼓励选区将结果输入一个新的应用程序。《赫芬顿邮报》报道说，该党花了6万美元开发了这个应用程序，对于如此关键的选举基础设施来说，这是一个相当小的数目。（该党在2016年也使用了部分由微软开发的应用程序；它也有党团会议之夜的问题。）

不过，编码问题并不是唯一的问题。据《****》报道，许多核心小组的志愿者不习惯使用新的应用程序，他们原计划避免使用，照常公布结果。其他人尝试使用该应用程序，但无法登录或无法提交结果。

该党的完整声明如下。

This morning, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price released the following statement:

Last night, more than 1,600 precinct caucuses gathered across the state of Iowa and at satellite caucuses around the world to dem***trate our shared values and goal of taking back the White House. The many volunteers running caucus sites, new voters registering as Democrats, and neighbors talking to each other about the future of our country dem***trated the strength of our party.

We have every indication that our systems were secure and there was not a cyber security intrusion. In preparation for the caucuses, our systems were tested by independent cybersecurity c***ultants.

As precinct caucus results started coming in, the IDP ran them through an accuracy and quality check. It became clear that there were inc***istencies with the reports. The underlying cause of these inc***istencies was not immediately clear, and required investigation, which took time.

As this investigation unfolded, IDP staff activated pre-planned backup measures and entered data manually. This took longer than expected.

As part of our investigation, we determined with certainty that the underlying data collected via the app was sound. While the app was recording data accurately, it was reporting out only partial data. We have determined that this was due to a coding issue in the reporting system. This issue was identified and fixed. The application’s reporting issue did not impact the ability of precinct chairs to report data accurately.

Because of the required paper documentation, we have been able to verify that the data recorded in the app and used to calculate State Delegate Equivalents is valid and accurate. Precinct level results are still being reported to the IDP. While our plan is to release results as soon as possible today, our ultimate goal is to ensure that the integrity and accuracy of the process continues to be upheld.

修正时间：美国东部时间2月4日上午9:57：爱荷华州也使用了一个应用程序来帮助记录2016年的成绩。这个故事最初说2020年是爱荷华州第一次使用应用程序。我们对这个错误感到遗憾。