Iowa sending absentee ballot applications to all active registered voters

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

Iowa is sending all active registered voters an absentee ballot application for the Nov. 3 general election this weekend, the Iowa Secretary of State’s office announced Friday.

“Iowans have options about how they choose to cast their vote,” Secretary of State Paul Pate (R) said in a statement.

“You can vote from home, you can vote in-person at your county auditor’s office, or at the polls on Election Day. The key is we want every eligible Iowan to participate and to be safe while voting.”

The applications include pre-paid, first class mail postage. The state sent every registered voter a mail-in ballot application during the June 2 GOP primary, which resulted in record-high voter participation of more than 530,000 Iowans, according to Pate.


Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/515161-iowa-sending-absentee-ballot-applications-to-all-active-registered

[rurallib]

1. Yep, I can verify that. We got ours in the last couple of days

We had sent in ballot requests when it was first legal to do so back in early July.

There is a listing on the county auditor's site that shows if they have received your request. I checked mine and it was not showing my request. I called the auditor and she said that they will not open requests until next week.

[asiliveandbreathe]

2. Sure would be great if ALL states adopted the AZ Permanent Early Vote

List..PEVL?..We do not need an application..our ballot is sent automatically once you sign up for PEVL..just sayin..

https://azdem.org/pevl/

[Retrograde]

4. California's had that since the early 2000s

I signed up as soon as it became available for everyone: it had previously been limited to people with permanent disabilities or people over 65. With our giant ballots it's a godsend - you can vote at leisure.

[bullwinkle428]

3. Paul Pate - the last decent Republican in Iowa.

[SharonClark]

5. No, decent Republicans have all reregistered as Democrats.

https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2020/08/07/paul-pates-personal-absentee-ballot-requests-marked-by-errors/
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Under a controversial and contested new state law, county election officials are barred from using internal data to correct mistakes on absentee-ballot request forms.

Backers say the new law will help thwart election fraud, while opponents say it will make it harder for people to vote if they have made obvious, honest errors in filling out the request forms.

The architect of the new law is Iowa’s top elections official, Secretary of State Paul Pate, who appears to have committed obvious errors of his own in filling out those request forms in the past.

In both 2008 and 2010, Pate submitted absentee-ballot request forms in which he wrote his name on the line provided for his driver’s license number and last four digits of his Social Security number.

He also wrote in his address where his name was supposed to appear.
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[sandensea]

6. Krazy Kim must be having a konniption.