Articles Tagged: Iowa Secretary of State

The text messages claim to be surveying residents about local issues and ask for a response; the texts are not authentic and were not sent by the officials or candidates named, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate said

Thirty-four school board and city candidates across seven Iowa counties will not be listed on the ballot in the November election due to errors made by filing officers.

More than 2,000 fairgoers participated in the nonscientific straw poll conducted by the Iowa Secretary of State’s office

Also, Attorney General urges Iowans to watch out for ticket scams ahead of Iowa State Fair

The task force would make recommendations about adding nuclear energy to Iowa’s energy portfolio.

The charges are the first after Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate in March claimed 277 Iowans without U.S. citizenship illegally voted or registered to vote in recent elections.

The Republican, who has held the office since 2015, says more work remains to protect Iowa elections and encourage voter participation

Iowa poll workers will be allowed to challenge a voter at the polls on the basis of their citizenship status under new legislation signed into law Monday by Gov. Kim Reynolds. The new laws also make changes to election recount procedures in the state, ban ranked choice voting and make it harder for third-party groups such as Libertarians to qualify as a major political party in the state.

This week on the podcast, we have a slate of candidate announcements to talk through for state and federal offices.

Ryan Peterman, 34, a Democrat and first-time candidate, grew up in Bettendorf and served as a pilot for the U.S. Navy as well as an honor education officer at the Naval Academy.

The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed a district court decision that cleared the way for election officials to distribute voter materials in languages other than English.

Only election results decided by a margin of 1 percent or less in Iowa would be recounted under legislation headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk.

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate released the information amid a monthslong effort to identify Iowans without citizenship who registered or attempted to vote

State lawmakers once again are working to make Iowa’s election recount laws more consistent, while also considering other changes to elections laws.

Iowa election recount reform legislation is advancing in the Iowa House; it differs greatly from recount reform introduced earlier by Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate.