Robin Opsahl
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Iowa Capital Dispatch
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced Monday that Iowa, alongside three other states, has reached a settlement agreement allowing state officials to access a federal immigration database to verify citizenship status of voters for the next 20 years.
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Paul Pate has won reelection to a new 4-year term as Iowa Secretary of State. -
County election officials across Iowa have been testing their vote counting machines for accuracy ahead of Election Day, when Iowans will vote on paper ballots and feed them into the tabulators that tally up the votes. -
There’s a new way to combat human trafficking in Iowa. It’s a first of its kind statewide initiative to bring trafficking awareness into Iowa businesses.
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Latino advocacy organization files a lawsuit against Iowa election officials over 'English-only' lawThe largest Latino advocacy organization in the state has filed a lawsuit against Iowa elections officials about what’s known as the state’s ‘English-only’ law. -
An Iowa Latino civil rights organization has filed a petition with the Iowa Secretary of State to clarify the state’s so-called “English-Only” law. -
In a ruling last week, Polk County District Judge Scott Rosenberg stated that ordinarily, litigation related to elections becomes moot after the election passes, but both the federal HAVA and Iowa’s own administrative complaint procedures contemplate filing complaints and providing election-related remedies after an election is over.
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Iowa’s top election official says he is confident the state’s voting system is prepared to stand up to any potential cyberattacks aimed at disrupting the election. -
The Republican National Committee is asking Iowa’s Republican secretary of state to stop two county election officials from sending pre-filled absentee ballot request forms to voters ahead of the November election. -
A group of Iowa lawmakers Friday unanimously approved the secretary of state’s proposal to send applications for mail-in ballots to all active registered voters ahead of the November election.
