MINNEAPOLIS — Issues with data reported from this month's Republican precinct caucuses have some GOP candidates for governor crying foul — and even levying election fraud accusations against each other.
Minnesota Republican Party Chair David Hann said in a statement last week some local party units sent caucus data to the state party that included names of people who attended past caucuses but were not present for this year's caucuses on Feb. 1. He asserted that the errors "were not intentional, malicious, or related to any campaign" and that the data were being corrected.
"The period from the caucus events to the first conventions is short. It is further complicated by the fact that all the BPOU (basic political operating unit) boundaries and delegate allocations will be affected by redistricting," Hann said.
