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Oops! US Democrats Admit Errors in Iowa Caucus Tally

© AP Photo / Patrick SemanskyDemocratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders arrives for his caucus night rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on February 2, 2016.
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders arrives for his caucus night rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on February 2, 2016. - Sputnik International
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US Democratic Party officials have acknowledged errors in the final tally of the Iowa Caucus results for the state's Congressional District Convention ahead of the US presidential election, local media reported Saturday.

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks as fellow candidate and Senator Bernie Sanders listens during the second official 2016 U.S. Democratic presidential candidates debate. - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Monday, the Iowa caucus concluded with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s narrow victory over Republican candidate Bernie Sanders declared final.

Since then, numerous doubts of the reported final count's accuracy have been voiced, especially after a discovered mismatch between the reported numbers and the official result published by the Iowa Democratic Party.

"Both the Sanders and Clinton campaigns have flagged a very small number of concerns for us, and we are looking at them all on a case-by-case basis," Iowa Democratic Party spokesman Sam Lau said, as quoted by the Des Moines Register newspaper.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (L) applauds his wife, Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (R), as they appear with their daughter Chelsea (C) at Mrs. Clinton's caucus night rally in Des Moines, Iowa February 1, 2016 - Sputnik International
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According to the precinct secretary Pablo Silva, the errors can be attributed to calculation errors, according to the newspaper.

Additionally, an audit has been complicated by the absence of a record on the number of delegates selected by "coin flips" when the results tied. The Iowa Democratic Party did not retain records of the coin flips.

The Iowa caucus has traditionally been the first major electoral event of the US presidential election nominating process.

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