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    The Iowa Caucus Could Go Very Wrong

    “Caucus chairs are more concerned this cycle than I’ve ever seen them,” one precinct leader said. “They’re very nervous.”
    by Elaine Godfrey Feb 03, 2020 5 minutes
    Source: Joshua Lott / Getty

    BURLINGTON, Iowa—A crush of new Democratic voters, mobilized by a wave of anti-Trump energy, will arrive at their caucus precinct, and there will not be enough voter-registration forms. The lines will be long, and some Iowans, many of them elderly, will shiver in the cold for hours before getting inside. The caucus itself will be pandemonium: There won’t be enough preference cards for caucus-goers to write down their favorite presidential contenders. Voters will be incensed when they learn about the new realignment rules. There will be miscounts and recounts. And at the end of the night, once all the numbers have been crunched and recrunched, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders will each claim victory.

    This is Sandy Dockendorff’s nightmare scenario for tonight’s caucus. The 62-year-old former

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