Virtual Caucuses?

In at least three states - Alaska, Iowa and Nevada - Democrats hold caucuses rather than primaries in order to choose a Presidential candidate.

Merriam-webster defines a caucus as a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction intended to select candidates or to decide on policy.  Until this past Thursday,
Dems in those states hoped to make their caucuses more accessible by making them, in part at least, virtual - that is, phone, email, or web-based.  The idea was that the several hours, or even days, that in-person caucusing can require causes some folks who might otherwise participate not to do so.  Ironically, the hope arose in part because the Democratic National Committee mandated that states that hold caucuses instead of primaries offer voters a way to participate that doesn't require them to show up at sites scattered across the state.

That was before experts brought in by the DNC were able to hack into a conference call among the committee, the Iowa Democratic Party and Nevada Democratic Party . Understandably, that raised concerns about using teleconferencing as a means of providing virtual caucuses.

At the time of this writing, the Iowa Democratic Party vowed to retain its position as the first caucus or primary in the nation.  Whether they'll be able to do that in virtual fashion remains to be seen.