DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A committee appointed by the Iowa Republican Party to review the state’s caucus procedures made several recommendations Monday to avoid mistakes that caused the party embarrassment this year when it named the wrong winner in the race for president.

The recommendations include not declaring a winner if the margin between the top two presidential candidates is less than 1 percent. The Iowa GOP mistakenly named Mitt Romney the winner by eight votes on the evening of the Jan. 3 caucuses. Two weeks later, the party certified Rick Santorum as the winner by 34 votes.

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