17 Sep 2021

Iowa Secretary Paul Pate Announces Voter, Candidate Deadlines for House District 29 Special Election

By Kevin Hall

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 17, 2021) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate alerts voters and candidates of a condensed timeline for the upcoming special election in Iowa House District 29. Requests for absentee ballots through the mail must be received by the Jasper County Auditor by Monday, September 27. The candidate filing deadline is Tuesday, September 28.

13 Sep 2021

Gov Kim Reynolds Issues a Statement on Court’s Mask-Mandate Ruling

By Alex Murphy

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 13, 2021) — Governor Reynolds released the following statement today on court's mask-mandate ruling.

10 Sep 2021

Gov Kim Reynolds Announces Appointments to Iowa’s Boards and Commissions

By Pat Garrett

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 10, 2021) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced the following appointments to Iowa’s boards and commissions.

10 Sep 2021

Scott County Auditor Reminds Voters of Significant Changes to Iowa Election Laws

By Roland Caldwell

DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 10, 2021) — Scott County Auditor Kerri Tompkins reminds voters that several changes have been made to Iowa election laws which affect voter registration and absentee balloting. These changes are in effect for the Davenport Seventh Ward Primary Election, to be held on October 5, and all subsequent elections.

09 Sep 2021

Gov Kim Reynolds Statement on Biden’s New COVID-19 Mandates

By Pat Garrett

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 9, 2021) — Governor Kim Reynolds released the following President Biden’s new COVID-19 mandates:

“President Biden is taking dangerous and unprecedented steps to insert the federal government even further into our lives while dismissing the ability of Iowans and Americans to make healthcare decisions for themselves.

“Biden’s plan will only worsen our workforce shortage and further limit our economic recovery.

09 Sep 2021

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate Kicks Off 2021 #BeAVoter initiative with College Football Teams

By Kevin Hall

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 9, 2021) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate and the college football teams at the University of Iowa, Iowa State, Northern Iowa, and Drake are partnering this fall to encourage voter-participation in the city-school election on November 2. The schools’ four head coaches will appear in social-media and digital ads, encouraging Iowans to #BeAVoter.

08 Sep 2021

State Rep Mike Halpin Launches Campaign for Illinois State Senate

By Olivia Goethals

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (September 8, 2021) — State Representative Mike Halpin (D-Rock Island) stood alongside local leaders, supporters, and family at IBEW Local 145 to announce his candidacy for the Illinois State Senate.

27 Jul 2021

Iowa Surpasses 500,000 Newly-Registered Voters Since January 2015

By Kevin Hall

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 27, 2021) – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announces more than 500,000 Iowans have registered to vote since he took office on January 1, 2015. Most of those voters, 321,535 out of 504,113, registered by using the state’s online voter-registration system that launched in January 2016 through a partnership between Sec Pate and the Iowa Department of Transportation.

09 Jul 2021

Gov Kim Reynolds Requested $222 Million in Pandemic Relief to City Government

By Pat Garrett

DES MOINES, IOWA (July 9, 2021) — Governor Kim Reynolds has requested $222 million in pandemic relief from the American Rescue Package of 2021 (ARPA) that will allow 930 city governments to access federal funding starting today. The Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund will provide $19.53 billion nationally to support tens of thousands of non-entitlement units of local government (NEUs), which are local governments typically serving a population under 50,000.

30 Jun 2021

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate to Host Secretaries of State Conference in August

By Kevin Hall

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 30, 2021) — Many of the top election officials from around the country will meet in Iowa this summer. Secretary of State Paul Pate will host the National Association of Secretaries of State’s (NASS) annual summer conference in-person, August 13-16 in Des Moines.

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