Early voting began in Iowa on Monday, with county auditors starting to mail out requested absentee ballots and early in-person voting sites opening. “We have almost 30,000 requests for absentee ballots,” Johnson County Auditor Travis Weipert said during an appearance last week on Iowa City’s Community Connection. “We’re going to mail those out through the […]
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Democrats are a third of Iowa’s registered voters, but 55 percent of those who have requested absentee ballots
For the 2016 general election, a total of 286,268 Democrats requested absentee ballots. As of Wednesday morning — 41 days before the Nov. 3 election — 306,927 Democrats had requested absentee ballots, according to the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office. That is more than the number of absentee ballot requests from Republicans and people registered […]
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Overwhelming support from women has Biden tied with Trump, Greenfield leading Ernst in new polls
Joe Biden is tied with Donald Trump in a new Iowa Poll published by the Des Moines Register on Tuesday. Both candidates were supported by 47 percent of likely voters, with 4 percent telling pollsters they would vote for another candidate and 3 percent uncertain of how they will vote. Trump carried Iowa easily in […]
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Judge invalidates all absentee ballot request forms mailed to voters by Johnson County Auditor
The pre-filled absentee ballot requests sent to all active voters in Johnson County are invalid, District Court Judge Ian Thornhill ruled in a decision released on Monday morning. The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the Trump campaign, the Republican Party of Iowa and two national Republican campaign committees. Johnson County Auditor Travis Weipert […]
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Gov. Reynolds will speak to the Republican National Convention on Tuesday
Gov. Kim Reynolds will be a featured speaker at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night. The governor has not indicated what she will be talking about, but all the convention speakers are expected to use their time to praise President Trump. Each night of the RNC is themed, and Tuesday’s theme is “Land of […]
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‘Vote by mail is tanked’: Under Trump’s new postmaster general, medications, worker safety and democracy are lost in the mail
The Wisconsin primary on April 7 was the first in the United States after the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the nation, leading to business and school shutdowns as people adjusted to limit in-person encounters to slow the spread of the virus. Requests for absentee ballots, also known as mail-in ballots, shot up to 1.3 million, […]
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Bernie Sanders drops out of the 2020 presidential race (mostly)
Sen. Bernie Sanders announced on Wednesday he is suspending his 2020 presidential campaign. Sanders’ withdrawal from the race leaves Joe Biden as the only active candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination. “I wish I could give you better news, but I think you know the truth,” the Vermont senator said in a video message to […]
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard drops out of the presidential race, endorses Joe Biden
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard dropped out of the presidential race on Thursday. The four-term member of Congress from Hawaii did very little campaigning this year, but stayed in the race longer than 25 of her fellow Democrats.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Johnson County’s pick for president, drops out of the 2020 race
Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced on Thursday morning she is dropping out of the 2020 presidential race. The Massachusetts senator revealed her decision in a phone call with her campaign staff. “I may not be in the race for President in 2020, but this fight — our fight — is not over. And our place in […]
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Half a billion dollars in, Michael Bloomberg drops out of the presidential race, endorses Biden
Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City and one of the wealthiest people in the world, announced on Wednesday he is dropping out of the race for the 2020 Democratic nomination. “I’ve always believed that defeating Donald Trump starts with uniting behind the candidate with the best shot to do it,” Bloomberg said […]
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar ends her presidential bid, will endorse Joe Biden
Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is ending her campaign for president and will join Joe Biden at a Monday night rally in Dallas, where she will endorse the former vice president, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported. Klobuchar’s decision comes one day before Super Tuesday, when 14 states, including Minnesota, hold primaries. It also comes one day […]
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Pete Buttigieg drops out of the 2020 race, one day after being certified as the Iowa Caucus winner
After almost a month of problems and delays, the Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) finally certified the results of the Iowa Caucus on Saturday, declaring Pete Buttigieg the winner and awarding him an extra delegate for winning the most state delegate equivalents (SDEs). On Sunday, Buttigieg dropped out of the 2020 presidential race. Speaking to supporters […]
