U.S. Democratic candidate Buta Zhuji points to "data breach" in Nevada primaries

Chinanews.com, February 24th. According to the Chinese language website of the United States, on the 23rd, local time, Pete Butajuggi, the Democratic candidate for the United States Democratic Party, said that there were "violations" in the data of the Nevada primaries and called on the state The Democratic Party addresses these issues.

Data map: On the evening of February 3, local time, the first battle of the US 2020 presidential election began in Iowa. Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong

The results of the Nevada Democratic primary show that Senator Sanders was the decisive winner in the state, and after 60% of the constituencies reported the results, he won 46% of the votes. Buta Juji currently ranks third with 15% of the vote, second only to former Vice President Biden, who has nearly 20% of the vote.

After the results were announced, Buta Juji's campaign team wrote to the Nevada Democratic Party chairman asking for the announcement of the total number of early votes and on-site votes in each district, correction of all outstanding early votes, and an explanation of “data anomalies”.

The letter reads, "Given how close the second and third places are, we ask you to take three steps before publishing any final data."

The team claims that "the process of integrating early ballots into the results of in-person constituency meetings was fraught with errors and inconsistencies."

Butajugi's deputy campaign manager, Seougen, said in a statement that their data showed that "the Nevada's second-ranked contention gap is minimal."

"Due to violations with the Nevada Democrats and many outstanding issues, it is unclear what the end result will be," he said.

However, a Nevada Democrat spokesman said in a statement that the party was "transparent" in its processes and "transmitted them to all election campaigns."

"We are continuing to verify and report the results." The spokesperson said, "We have never indicated that details of early voting and in-person participants will be released separately by region, and we will not change our reporting process now. As we re-run As stated in the counting guide, there is a formal way to question the results. "