The Iowa House is about to debate a bill that would shorten Iowa's early voting period by 9 days, require absentee ballots to be received by poll close on Election Day, shorten Election Day polling by an hour and create new penalties for county auditors. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…
The Iowa Senate passed this bill yesterday, so passage in the House today would send it to Gov. Kim Reynolds for her signature. Here's a thread on how the Senate debate went yesterday.
https://twitter.com/sgrubermiller/status/1364349160560857090?s=20
You can watch the House debate the bill live at this link. legis.iowa.gov/dashboard?view…
We are at roughly the three hour mark of debate on this election legislation, and House lawmakers are still going strong. legis.iowa.gov/dashboard?view…
The Iowa House has passed a bill shortening early voting by 9 days, closing the polls an hour earlier on Election Day and creating new criminal penalties for county auditors. The vote was 57-37. Story coming soon.
After a five hour debate, the Iowa House voted 57-37, with all Republicans in support, to pass a bill shortening early voting by 9 days, closing the polls an hour earlier on Election Day and creating new criminal charges against county auditors. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…
The bill now goes to @IAGovernor Kim Reynolds, who has indicated she's likely to sign it. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…
"It is really easy to vote absentee and early before this legislation," he said. "It’s going to remain really easy to vote after this legislation is signed into law. ... This bill does not suppress one single vote," said GOP floor manager @Rep_BobbyK. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…
"Are voters asking for one less hour to vote?" said Democratic Rep. @KonfrstForHouse . "I haven’t heard a good reason that errs on the side of voting freedoms that would indicate any need to shorten the voting period by an hour." desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…
Here's how every Iowa House and Senate lawmaker voted on legislation to cut Iowa's early voting period and close the polls an hour earlier on Election Day. #ialegis desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…
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