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Only three groups lobbied to pass the lousy elections bill that just tore like a bullet train through the Iowa Legislature, fueled by fictional fraud. There’s the Iowa Minute Man Civil Defense Corps, which supports right-wing legislation. And the Kirkwood Institute, led by Iowa attorney Alan Ostergren, who helped the Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign sue “rogue” auditors last year. And then there’s the Opportunity Solutions Project, based in Tallahassee, Fla. Its lob...

The Iowa Legislature is considering bills that would change Iowas election laws. Opponents of the bills have been quick to throw around the term voter suppression and claim that the proposals are a threat to our democracy. But the truth is these bills are a needed response to abuses by election officials and simply place Iowa in the mainstream of laws governing absentee voting.

Shares A sign sits outside of the State Hygienic Laboratory in Coralville, a polling place during the Iowa primary election, June 2, 2020. — Emma McClatchey/Little Village At least 33 state legislatures around the country, most of them controlled by Republicans, are working on bills that restrict voting. Iowa is one of them. “These bills are an unmistakable response to the unfounded and dangerous lies about fraud that followed the 2020 election,“ the Brennan Center for Justice said in a ...

Iowa Republicans respond to 2020 abuses and seek to improve election integrity Alan Ostergren, Iowa View contributor Who won Iowas 2020 Senate and congressional races? Replay Video UP NEXT The Iowa Legislature is considering several bills that would change Iowa’s election laws. The arguments against these bills (or any election law change, it seems) is that the result will be widespread voter suppression and a fundamental threat to democracy. But these arguments have more hea...

State Democratic lawmakers plan to push forward a bipartisan proposal to reform Iowas election recount process in the wake of issues that arose in Iowa’s historically close U.S. House race,

It almost appears that the standards for accusing someone of threatening our democracy, challenging the integrity of the Constitution, and inciting treasonous behavior could possibly be fluid. After months of stern words from the press and clampdown efforts by social media titans towards anyone who dares to suggest election results were problematic, we now see a pair of candidates who are loudly complaining about the results in their elections. Two things become quickly apparent; there is littl...

The ongoing challenge to Iowa's second congressional district race is poised to soon heat up when the House committee charged with investigating the matter will officially get to work.

Iowa PBS Republican Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks says her lawyer was doing his "due diligence" in looking for rejected ballots across Iowas 2nd Congressional District. The search comes as the recently-sworn in representative prepares for the prospect of defending her six vote victory before the U.S. House. Her opponent, former Democratic state Sen. Rita Hart, has identified 22 ballots that voters say were legally cast but improperly left out of the tally. If counted, Hart say...

Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and her attorney say their position has not shifted in the still unresolved election contest in Iowas 2nd Congressional District.

More than a month after Democrat Rita Hart identified 22 ballots she claimed were legally cast but not counted, an attorney for Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is now looking for rejected ballots.