BREAKING: An Iowa judge has ruled U.S. Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer has failed to qualify for the Democratic primary ballot — a major setback for her campaign that is likely to be appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court. #iasen desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol… The judge's ruling reverses a state panel's decision which found Finkenauer did qualify for the ballot. The judge wrote that the panel was wrong to count three signatures with missing or incorrect dates. Without those three, Finkenauer fails to qualify. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds plans to sign the bill banning transgender women and girls from competing in female sports today at noon in the Iowa Capitol's rotunda, according to an update to her public schedule. It passed the Senate yesterday. #ialegis #iagov desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol… Gov. Kim Reynolds is in the Iowa Capitol rotunda, where she's about to sign a bill banning transgender women and girls from female sports. She's connecting it to Iowa's "impressive legacy" of advancing women's equality.

Last night, the Iowa House voted 60-37 to pass a bill that would allow Iowans to purchase and carry firearms without a permit. One Democrat joined Republicans in voting yes. The bill now goes to the Senate. #ialegis desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol… "These proposals recognize that the right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental right, not a privilege, and that Iowans should not be required to get a permission slip and pay a fee in order to purchase a firearm," said Rep. Steven Holt. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

If @IAGovernor signs this bill:

- Iowa's early voting period would go from 29 days to 20
- Polls would close at 8 p.m. rather than 9
- No one other than a family member or caregiver could return a voter's ballot
- County auditors could face new charges
desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol… "Why are we doing this in Iowa? We had no fraud. We had a record turnout. People were happy with the way they got to vote absentee — a million people. And you better believe some of those people were Republicans, because you won," Rep Sharon Steckman said. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

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

A GOP amendment to this bill that was supposed to fix some concerns raised in the committee process also does something that was not discussed at all in the committee process: Changing the poll close time in Iowa from 9 p.m. to 8 p.m. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol… The Iowa Senate is debating this election bill now. You can watch the debate here. #ialegis legis.iowa.gov/dashboard?view…

Scenes from the @ProgressIowa #IowaCornFeed in Cedar Rapids, where 11 Democratic presidential candidates will speak OUTSIDE this afternoon. It's 90 degrees out. #iacaucus Rep. Abby Finkenauer (@Abby4Iowa) is giving some opening remarks now. She says the crowd is about to hear from candidates who will "bring dignity and respect back to the White House." #IowaCornFeed #iacaucus