With 62 percent of the votes counted by late Tuesday, former South Bend, Indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders appeared to be in a tight race to win the Democratic caucuses in Iowa. Monday’s vote results were counted after an unexpected day-long delay caused by a glitch in a new app designed to deliver results. VOA’s  Zlatica Hoke reports, the chaos and confusion caused by the delay has reignited the question of whether the tradition of caucuses has a place in contemporary elections. 

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