Articles Tagged: Iowa Secretary of State

Local officials will be required to conduct audits in two races after the Nov. 8 elections

Iowa’s Republican Secretary of State’s Office has been trying to tamp down voting misinformation, while members of his own party are pushing conspiracy theories, including those running for office in Linn and Johnson counties.

Also, new ads are posted in Iowa’s U.S. Senate and House campaigns

Despite challenges posed by the ongoing pandemic and a rise in conspiracy theory-fueled threats to election workers nationwide, Iowa election officials say they’ve had success recruiting poll workers to staff the upcoming general election.

The candidates to be Iowa’s statewide elections official showed they disagree strongly on many topics

Also, candidates for three statewide offices will appear on ‘Iowa Press’ in coming weeks

An Iowa GOP election bill from 2021 moved 294,000 Iowans to inactive status for not voting in the 2020 general election. Linn County Auditor Joel Miller, now running for Iowa Secretary of State, says 80 percent of Linn County’s deactivated voters still are inactive, which is “one step closer” to being canceled. We’ll check those claims.

The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board may soon clarify whether state laws on attribution statements apply to some kinds of political text messages.

Also, the state records a record number of new business registrations in the recent state budget year

Browse or search this table to view the list of new business entities

Tuesday’s primary election features competitive campaigns for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and Iowa Secretary of State

Winner will face Paul Pate in general election

JOHNSTON — Although he disagrees, Secretary of State Paul Pate respects the Iowa Supreme Court decision clearing the way for …

Finkenauer will ask the Iowa Supreme Court to reverse a Sunday night ruling by a Polk County District Court judge that she did not submit enough signatures on nomination petitions to qualify for the Democratic primary, preventing her from facing likely GOP nominee U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley in the November general election.

Alan Ostergren, a conservative lawyer who argued on behalf of many of the challenges, said some of the petitioners now may contest some of the panel’s rulings in court.