For I long time I have proposed removing Iowa’s favored status in Presidential candidate selection.  They have all the candidates crisscrossing the states for several months.  My state, Oregon, virtually never sees a candidate before the convention, because our primary is in the last weeks of the season, and the nominee is virtually always decided before that.  Now, beyond any shadow of a doubt, Iowa has demonstrated that they do not deserve to be first all the time.

…The first goal — and, really, the only goal — of election officials in any race is to ensure that the voters and the candidates believe in the fairness and the accuracy of the result even if it’s not what they had hoped for. Is there any way that any of the candidates will feel that way when the Iowa Democratic Party announces the results from Monday night?…

…It’s simply hard to imagine, given what we all witnessed play out on national TV Monday night, that some campaigns won’t try to cast doubt upon the numbers in a way they would not have been able to if the reporting of the tally had been seamless…

That’s obviously problematic for the candidates who appeared to be be overperforming and potentially headed to a victory. But it’s an even bigger problem for faith in our democratic institutions — for us to be able to trust that when we vote, that vote will be accurately counted and reported.

When you consider that Trump suggested with zero proof that 3 to 5 million illegal votes were cast in the 2016 election — an election he won! — you can see where a broad erosion in our elections could have disastrous consequences moving forward in 2020.  [emphasis added]

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I just heard that there will be a conference call between the Femocratic Party of Iowa and the various campaigns at 11:00 AM PDT and that they hope to release the results later today.

Here are three video clips from three different sources.

State Party Hung Up On Campaigns During Conference Call

Who can blame the campaigns for being upset. Hanging up on them is unconscionable!

Cuomo scolds Iowa Democratic Party: You had one job

We need to differentiate between party workers and party brass. Kudos to the workers! Screw the brass!

In Iowa, A Shitshow

The answer should be No. Iowa has proven that they don’t deserve special status in the primaries.

Here is the solution I propose:

First, scrap the caucus system.  It excludes far too many voters.  Have primaries in all states.

Sided the states into four groups, each with approximately the same number of delegates to apportion.  NE, SE, NW and SW would be one possibility.

Schedule primaries for each group on the same day.  Schedule groups one month apart.

Rotate the groups every four years so evert group gets equal turns to be first, second, third, and last.

That system is both fair and efficient.

RESIST!!