▁huge . ▁It ▁essentially ▁changes ▁who ▁won ." ▁A ▁Republican ▁Party ▁of ▁Iowa ▁sp okes man ▁stated ▁that ▁since ▁True ▁is ▁neither ▁a ▁prec inct ▁captain ▁nor ▁county ▁chair person , ▁he ▁has ▁" no ▁business " ▁talking ▁about ▁election ▁results . ▁On ▁January ▁ 5 , ▁the ▁Iowa ▁Republican ▁Party ▁released ▁a ▁written ▁statement ▁in ▁which ▁they ▁refused ▁to ▁respond ▁to ▁reports ▁of ▁the ▁irregular ity ▁and ▁stated ▁that ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁" any ▁reason ▁to ▁believe ▁the ▁final , ▁cert ified ▁results ▁of ▁App ano ose ▁County " ▁would ▁change ▁the ▁outcome . J enn ifer ▁Jacob s , ▁" I owa ▁G OP ▁officials ▁don ’ t ▁think ▁App ano ose ▁County ▁will ▁rewrite ▁c au cus ▁history " ▁( J anu ary ▁ 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 ). ▁Des ▁Mo ines ▁Register . ▁ ▁Sant orum ▁stated ▁on ▁January ▁ 6 ▁that ▁the ▁report ▁of ▁the ▁irregular ities ▁" does n ' t ▁really ▁matter ▁to ▁me ," ▁cit ing ▁the ▁virt ually ▁tied ▁results . ▁Count ies ▁had ▁up ▁to ▁two ▁weeks ▁from ▁the ▁date ▁of ▁the ▁c auc uses ▁to ▁transmit ▁their ▁final ▁cert ified ▁results ▁to ▁the ▁state ▁Republican ▁Party . ▁While ▁there ▁are ▁no ▁rec ount ▁prov isions ▁for ▁c au cus ▁results ▁in ▁Iowa ▁Republican ▁party ▁rules , ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁cert ification ▁process , ▁which ▁was ▁described ▁as ▁" near ly ▁the ▁same ▁thing ." " S ant orum : ▁T alk ▁of ▁Iowa ▁V oting ▁Problem s ▁' Does