Shadow App Iowa. Shadow partnered with Acronym to develop the app to track and count voters at the Iowa caucus for the Democratic Party, according to reports Author: M. Corey Goldman As the results of Monday’s first 2020 presidential election contest in Iowa ground to a halt, all eyes turned toward a mysterious digital app developer with an equally opaque name: Shadow Inc. The Iowa Democratic Party and the Nevada Democratic Party retained Shadow to develop its caucus app. Shadow has also been retained for digital services by Buttigieg’s and Biden’s campaigns.
The Iowa Democratic Party was introduced to Shadow through the state party in Nevada, which also planned to use an app made by the company for its caucuses, according to the same source. In the wake of the Iowa fiasco, the Nevada Democratic Party announced it would not use Shadow’s app for its caucuses, which are set for Feb. 22. Shadow, a tech developer started by veterans of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential run, built the app being blamed for delaying Iowa Democratic caucus results.
Democratic Party officials kept the details of the app as well as Shadow's involvement hidden from the public ahead of the Iowa caucus.But as Monday night wore on and frustration with the delayed reporting of the caucus results boiled over, journalists began scrutinizing the new technology and its developer more closely.
Accordingly, ACRONYM’s team was not involved in the development of the app or Shadow’s work with the Iowa Democratic Party on it,” Acronym spokesman Kyle Tharp said in a statement. The Iowa Democratic Party was introduced to Shadow through the state party in Nevada, which also planned to use an app made by the company for its caucuses, according to the same source. In the wake of the Iowa fiasco, the Nevada Democratic Party announced it would not use Shadow’s app for its caucuses, which are set for Feb. 22. Shadow, a tech developer started by veterans of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential run, built the app being blamed for delaying Iowa Democratic caucus results. A results reporting app by Shadow Inc. takes center stage at chaotic Iowa caucuses Brian Heater @bheater / 6 months American democracy can be confusing and messy.
