Iowa Caucuses: Results Delayed Over 'Reporting Issue'; Officials Blame Malfunctions

The Iowa caucuses aren't over yet. A delay in the results meant the state Democratic Party did not call the race Monday night as expected, leaving the candidates and their supporters in limbo.

In a brief statement he read to reporters over the phone shortly after 2 a.m. ET, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price said, "At this point the [Iowa Democratic Party] is manually verifying all precinct results. We expect to have numbers to report later today."

"We are validating every piece of data we have against our paper trail," Price said. "That system is taking longer than expected but it's in place to ensure we are eventually able to report results with full confidence."

Price said the party is continuing to update the campaigns. He took no questions.

The Iowa Democratic Party blamed "inconsistencies" found in a few results sets, noting it was not "a hack or intrusion." But multiple county chairs on the ground blamed malfunctions, including on an app used to report results.

"We found inconsistencies in the reporting of three sets of results. In addition to the tech systems being used to tabulate results, we are also using photos of results and a paper trail to validate that all results match and ensure that we have confidence and accuracy in the numbers we report," Iowa Democratic Party Communications Director Mandy McClure said in a statement.

"This is simply a reporting issue, the app did not go down and this is not a hack or an intrusion," McClure continued. "The underlying data and paper trail is sound and will simply take time to further report the results.