Shady Firm 'Shadow' Reportedly Behind Iowa Caucus Chaos
Chris MenahanInformationLiberation
Feb. 03, 2020
A shady firm named "Shadow" which was paid by both the Iowa Democratic Party and Pete Buttigieg's campaign reportedly developed an app said to be responsible for the delayed election results in the Iowa caucus.
From The Huffington Post, "This Is The Buzzy Democratic Firm That Botched The Iowa Caucuses," subheadline, "Shadow, a Democratic digital firm, created the app that was supposed to deliver quicker caucus results":
The tech arm of ACRONYM, a Democratic digital nonprofit group that has rapidly expanded in recent years, was responsible for building the Iowa caucus app that contributed to delays in reporting Monday night's results in the first vote in the party's presidential race. Multiple Democratic sources, including one of the presidential campaigns, confirmed the app’s creator.
State campaign finance records indicate the Iowa Democratic Party paid Shadow, a tech company owned by ACRONYM, more than $60,000 for "website development" over two installments in November and December of last year. A Democratic source with knowledge of the process said those payments were for the app that caucus site leaders were supposed to use to upload the results at their locales.
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