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.
Madeleine King
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Iowa Public Radio
Katarina Sostaric
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Iowa Public Radio
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A panel made up of five of Iowa’s statewide elected officials voted unanimously Monday to certify the state’s 2024 election results, finalizing the counting of Iowans’ votes. -
A federal judge ruled Sunday that Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate can continue with his plan to challenge the ballots of voters who appear on a flawed list of more than 2,000 people, most of whom were wrongly flagged as potential noncitizens. -
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate said Tuesday he referred alleged noncitizens who voted in past elections for criminal prosecution, and he told county auditors to require about 2,000 people who may be citizens to vote a provisional ballot in this election.
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Republican Secretary of State Paul Pate announced in a tweet in March that Iowa would leave ERIC. Three months later, he has not provided new information about the state’s path forward without it. -
Paul Pate has won reelection to a new 4-year term as Iowa Secretary of State.
