Make voting easy again

Joel Miller | Candidate for Secretary of State

If you have been following my campaign for Iowa Secretary of State, you know that I entered this race with a simple idea: “Let’s Make Voting Easy Again.”

My campaign won the Democratic Party nomination by historic margins. We have proved we can win.

Since 2021, Secretary of State Paul Pate has stayed silent on the new anti-voter election laws. And he has remained silent as unfounded election security conspiracy theories continue to fester around the state

This silence is not just negligence. It is a dangerous collaboration with election deniers on the part of Paul Pate. He knows exactly who they are, and he will not call them out.

A Secretary of State is supposed to facilitate the vote — not hinder it — not embolden extremists.

In November, can we really say that we trust the judgment of Paul Pate? This is a man who endorsed, and then chaired Rudy Giuliani’s statewide presidential campaign. Who says our elections are secure, yet, he will not disavow his election-denying friends Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump.

That is not the type of leadership or judgment we need in the secretary of state’s office.

It is time we fight back against these coordinated efforts to stop Iowans from showing up at the polls. It is time to stamp out the warped conspiracy theories of election deniers.

In 2020, I was the first county auditor to be sued by Donald Trump and his campaign. I was sued for expanding voter participation and keeping voting safe during a deadly pandemic. I put voters first. I did not break the law. I did what was right.

That is the type of bold leadership I want to bring to the Secretary of State’s Office.

I am running for secretary of state because I want every eligible Iowan to participate in our elections. I am running because I want to bring back trust and fairness in elections. And I am running because I want to restore leadership to the Secretary of State's Office.

Under a Miller administration, we will make it easier for Iowans to vote. And we will not be afraid to speak the truth to blatant lies about our elections.

It has been an honor to serve as Linn County Auditor & Commissioner of Elections for over 15 years.

I respectfully ask you to vote Joel Miller for Secretary of State so we can work together to make voting easy again.

Joel Miller is the Democratic candidate for Iowa Secretary of State.