DES MOINES, IOWA (October 16, 2020) Secretary of State Paul Pate has extended Iowa’s election cybersecurity partnerships to include private industry leaders such as Cisco, FireEye, and Microsoft. These companies bolster Iowa’s election infrastructure to ensure the integrity of the system remains strong.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 13, 2020) Thousands of students across Iowa will cast ballots for their preferred presidential and congressional candidates in the upcoming Iowa Youth Straw Poll. On Tuesday, October 27, one week before Election Day, Secretary of State Paul Pate will poll students on their preferred choices. More than 250 schools have registered to participate so far.

OAK BROOK, ILLINOIS (October 6, 2020) — With the door-to-door data collection of the Census drawing to a close, a statewide advocacy group is sounding the alarm regarding Census-undercounted parts of Illinois, saying that time is running out to catch up.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 2, 2020) Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announces new resources to assist individuals with past felony convictions who have had their voting rights restored. Pate’s office designed a new voter-registration form that was unanimously approved by the state’s bipartisan Voter Registration Commission on Friday.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 1, 2020) Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announces a new cybersecurity initiative to ensure the protection of Iowa’s election infrastructure. Iowa is the second state in the nation to create a Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP), inviting private sector security researchers to test Iowa’s system.

IOWA FALLS, IOWA (September 28, 2020) Iowa voters have a one-stop shop to compare their views on science, the environment, climate change, energy, and mental health with those of candidates in the November 3 election.

WASHINGTON DC (September 28, 2020) At a recent virtual awards ceremony hosted by America’s Service Commissions (ASC), it was announced that Representative Dave Loebsack was named a 2020 Friend of America’s Service Commissions.

Q: What action did the Trump administration take to boost biofuels?

A: Federal law requires the US fuel supply to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuel, which helps petroleum fuels burn more cleanly and replaces a petroleum-based substance that was used for that purpose but was found to cause cancer.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 18, 2020) Secretary of State Paul Pate has partnered with the US Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to conduct election preparedness exercises for Iowa counties on Thursday.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 15, 2020)  Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate encourages Iowans to register to vote or update their registration in conjunction with National Voter Registration Month, which runs through September 30. Additionally, Tuesday, September 22 is National Voter Registration Day.

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