Voter registration rolls are cleansed every two years, creating a legal battleground in states that have included Iowa between politicians who say the purges are fair and necessary, and voting rights advocates who contend that they discriminate.
Republican and Democratic politicians across the country, including Iowa, are deeply divided over restoring the right to vote to felons, a political fracture that affects millions of convicted criminals.
With the presidential election less than three months away, millions of Americans will be navigating new requirements for voting – if they can vote at all – as state leaders implement dozens of new restrictions that could make it more difficult to cast a ballot. A special report via News21.
Recent data on Iowa’s registered voters revealed shifts among their party affiliations in the months before, during and following the state’s 2008, 2012 and 2016 presidential precinct caucuses.
