The sadder part, however, is that even now, after the Iowa caucuses came and went on Monday, we still don’t know who won the state’s Democratic primary. What happened? A vote-counting fiasco, that’s what, and there was an app for that. 

Russians? Nah, Shadow, Inc.

With Buttigieg claiming victory without official results, and Sanders being optimistic early, too, there is an indication that the app-based voter rolls weren’t the only game in town that night. 

Still, while the app hasn’t been the sole thing to go wrong with the Iowa caucuses, the resulting brouhaha is certainly a vindication for those who insist that important elections are the one thing that should be kept relatively old school, regardless of technology advancements leaps.