There are several issues at play this year. First the fear that out-of-state voters will cross state lines to vote in the Caucus. The major potential offender? Ron Paul Supporters

Next are campaign staffers many of whom are out-of-state voters who are living in Iowa to help the campaigns. Almost all of the Democrats have signed a pledge to bar their staffers involvement. The major potential offender? Bill Richardson’s campaign. Richardson claims he doesn’t want to offend real Iowa voters who are part of his campaign by barring everyone from participating.

Finally is the recruitment of out-of-state Iowa college students who are being asked to vote. The major potential offender? Barack Obama supporters.

Now the major problem in this is in how the Iowa Caucus is run. Republicans have agreed to check identification at the Caucus registrations. Democrats on the other hand have not, meaning just about anyone can show up and claim to be an Iowa resident who is eligible to vote. Yepsen claims that even though other campaigns are encouraging college students to vote, Obama’s efforts are unprecedented and since many of these students are from Illinois, Obama’s home state, their involvement could unfairly sway the votes.

So far Chris Dodd has been the most vocal Democratic candidate to denounce this practice saying that only Iowans should vote in Iowa but it seems like little will be done.