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
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.
Democratic Linn County Auditor says advocating for laws that make in-person and absentee voting easier would be his prime focus as secretary of state.
A name will be drawn from hat at Wednesday’s Linn County Board of Supervisors meeting
Last week at a hearing, Geralyn Jones said wives signed for their husbands on her nomination papers to appear on the Nov. 2 ballot.
Citing a lack of leadership that he believes is eroding trust in Iowa’s election process, Linn County Auditor Joel Miller is running to be Secretary of State to “make voting easy, again.”
An individual who has not voted in the “most recent general election” will receive a notice marking that person inactive, but voting ability will not be affected, Secretary of State’s Office says.
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