Donald Trump won Iowa in a landslide, as he defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to win the 2024 presidential election. This was Trump’s third run for president, and he has won Iowa each time. Each time he has also increased the margin by which he won the state. According to unofficial vote totals from the […]
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Election Day FAQ: Where to go and what to know to vote in Iowa
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. The 2024 general election in Iowa includes the races for president, Congress, the Iowa House, some Senate districts and some county offices, in addition to two constitutional amendments, and in Johnson and Story counties, conservation bonds. Q: When are polls open on Tuesday? Also, where do I vote? A: […]
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New Iowa Poll shows Harris with an edge ahead of Election Day; Trump calls poll ‘fake,’ says it ‘should be illegal’
At a campaign rally in Lititz, Pennsylvania on Sunday, Donald Trump attacked the results of a new Iowa Poll showing Vice President Kamala Harris leading Trump by 3 percentage points in Iowa as the campaign draws to an end. The poll, conducted by Selzer & Co., was published on Saturday night by the Des Moines […]
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Judge upholds state guidance to challenge ballots of potential noncitizens
A federal judge on Sunday upheld the Iowa Secretary of State’s guidance to challenge the ballots of more than 2,000 Iowans listed as potential noncitizens leading into the Nov. 5 election. The ACLU brought a lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of naturalized citizens and the League of United Latin American Citizens. It sought to block Pate’s […]
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Early voting enters its final days in Iowa
In the last presidential election four years ago, voters using mail-in absentee ballots just had to make sure their ballots were in the mail and postmarked by Election Day. As long as those ballots were received by the auditor’s office in the county where the voter lives by the end of the Monday following Election […]
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Sen. Joni Ernst rallies Pennsylvanians for Trump in lead-up to Nov. 5
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst told a group in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania on Friday that she was on the national campaign trail supporting Donald Trump because Iowa was already guaranteed to support the former president. The Iowa Republican has been on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania since Wednesday, holding events alongside other surrogates across the state as […]
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Where to go and what you need to vote early this weekend
As the 2024 general election enters its penultimate weekend, registered voters will be able to cast an early ballot in many counties around the state on Saturday, and in a few on Sunday. Except in Polk County, any registered voter will be able to vote at any satellite early location in their county. In Polk, […]
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Polk County ballots with amendment spelling error remain valid, Secretary of State’s office says
The Iowa Secretary of State’s office has determined that a spelling error on some Polk County ballots on a proposed constitutional amendment will not invalidate these ballots. When early voting began Oct. 16, some ballots in Polk County were found to have contained a typo in its language on the gubernatorial line of succession amendment. […]
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‘These races are very close’: Speaker Mike Johnson joins Reps. Miller-Meeks, Nunn in rallies
House Speaker Mike Johnson joined Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Zach Nunn on the campaign trail in Iowa Friday, saying he believed both Iowa Republicans can win reelection in competitive races. Johnson joined Nunn in West Des Moines and Miller-Meeks in Indianola for “get out to vote” rallies, encouraging Iowa voters to show up and cast […]
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Polk County ballots contain spelling error on constitutional amendment
The Iowa Secretary of State’s office is determining whether a spelling error in the wording of a proposed constitutional amendment on Polk County ballots would create any problems in counting those votes. As early voting began Wednesday, some ballots in Polk County contained a typo in its section on the constitutional amendment related to the […]
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Bohannan and Baccam continue to outraise Miller-Meeks and Nunn, but the Republicans have more cash on hand in campaign’s final weeks
Christina Bohannan and Lanon Baccam continue to outraise their incumbent Republican opponents, according to the campaign finance reports published this week by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Bohannan, the Democratic congressional candidate in Iowa’s 1st District, raised $1,887,603 million in the three-month period ending Sept. 30, almost twice as much as two-term incumbent Rep. Mariannette […]
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How to vote early in Black Hawk County
Black Hawk County voters who want to cast an early ballot in the Nov. 5 election can do so by going to the conference room in the basement of the Black Hawk County Courthouse in Waterloo (316 E 5th St) on any weekday between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. On Monday, Oct. 21, and Friday, […]
