early voting

Evans: These changes won’t improve election security

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts | February 22, 2021

Iowa’s 2020 election was one for the record books — with 1.7 million people marking ballots. It was an impressive turnout in Iowa — with 76 percent of Iowa’s eligible voters taking part. There were no allegations of election fraud or polling place shenanigans in Iowa. No one suggested people from cemeteries were casting ballots in our state. Randy Evans
STRAY THOUGHTS

Randy Evans is the executive director of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council.

Fear A Factor For Some Deciding Whether Or Not to Vote Early In Iowa

By Krista Johnson | October 28, 2016

The same thing keeping some Iowa voters attending campaign rallies for the top two presidential candidates from waiting until Election Day to vote is the same thing prompting others to vote before Nov. 8.

Election 2016

Podcast: The Voices Of Tired Voters

By Lyle Muller, with Jeff Stein | October 24, 2016

Election Day on Nov. 8, 2016, marks the end of a long, long presidential campaign in Iowa, where the presidential campaign began well before the first presidential precinct caucuses in the state on Feb. 1, 2016. Given the length and tone of the campaign, are Iowa voters sick of the whole thing? A clue to the answer in this IowaWatch Connection report can be found in the title of a companion story at IowaWatch: “Iowa Voters Say They’re Tired Of Presidential Campaign, But Still Show High Interest.”

Government & Politics

Data Show Democrats, Older Iowans Use Absentee Ballots Most

By Lyle Muller | March 19, 2015

Regardless of who feels the impact, Republican and Democratic state legislators trying to amend Iowa’s absentee voter registration law say changes are critical because ballots are not being counted when they probably should be.