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Re:The Shadow Inc. app that failed in Iowa last night by Aperocky on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @07:30PM (#22242771)
The added complexity of having to build an app and all the boilerplate can significantly increase the complexity from just a simple website.

And while an app not hard, a https website with login and post capability is on the _extremely simple_ territory. As long as precinct official are trustable, I don't see any reason why they have to use an app.

I guess for the wow factor? As the entire political process is essentially becoming.

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Re:The Shadow Inc. app that failed in Iowa last night by madeofpalk on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @07:46PM (#22242906)
I think the argument of $60k being not that much still stands, and you would still be left with a sub-par result regardless of whether its an app or a website.
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