Around 746,000 people are in local jails, nationally, and most are eligible to vote. But, they don't, this report that includes information on Iowa's laws, states
Iowa is out of step with other states when it comes to a basic right --- the right to vote in our elections, columnist Randy Evans writes in this opinion piece. For most of its history, Iowa has prohibited felons from voting.
Regardless of who feels the impact, Republican and Democratic state legislators trying to amend Iowa’s absentee voter registration law say changes are critical because ballots are not being counted when they probably should be.
One of every three Iowans – 37 percent – voted a straight ticket for the candidates of one political party in the 2014 general election, statistics the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office compiled for the first time revealed.
