DES MOINES, IOWA (March 12, 2020) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announced a plan to provide $1 million to Iowa counties to assist them with cybersecurity resources ahead of the 2020 elections. Pate made the pledge today during an annual gathering of Iowa’s county auditors.

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 11, 2020) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is encouraging Iowa high schools to conduct voter registration drives on Tuesday, March 3. Every school that registers at least 90 percent of its eligible students to vote receives the Carrie Chapman Catt Award, named after the Iowan who was a national leader in the women’s suffrage movement. Nine schools across the state have already qualified for the Catt Award. The deadline for this school year is April 1, 2020.

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 28, 2020) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate will meet with election officials across the country and top cybersecurity officials during the annual winter conference of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS). Election cybersecurity will be a key topic of discussion. Sec Pate is the current president of the organization.

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 27, 2020) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate presented a National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) Medallion Award to Ambassador Kenneth Quinn during a ceremony at the State Capitol on Monday. The award recognizes Quinn’s many years of service to Iowa and the nation, both as a US State Department official and as President of the World Food Prize Foundation.