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The right call Kudos to Rita Hart! Iowans deserve an accurate ballot count for the U.S. House in District 2. While an initial recount examined ballots that had not been counted correctly on Election Day, several counties did not conduct the full hand recount necessary to make sure every Iowan’s vote was counted. The recount process in Iowa used just three people per county to examine ballots, making it impossible to hand count every ballot over the course of two weeks. There remain thousan...

Even though there only a few items on the agenda for the Carroll City Council meeting on Monday, Dec. 14, there is a chance that it could still take some time to work toward an adjournment. City Manager, Mike Pogge-Weaver, says another closed session will be held at the end of the meeting. This falls under Iowa Code 21.5(1)(c), which states: “To discuss strategy with counsel in matters that are presently in litigation or where litigation is imminent where its disclosure would be likely to pre...

December 10, 2020 After last month’s recount in Iowa’s Second Congressional District left thousands of ballots uncounted, county auditors involved with the process and a local legislator are advocating for reforms to Iowa’s recount law. As the Quad City Times reported last night, “the lack of an established, standard process in Iowa Code” for reviewing ballots in a recount meant that several counties failed to check thousands of ballots for voter intent and left 35 ballots from milita...

(Red Oak) -- KMA News presents a special edition of "Meet the Candidates" with a look at the first of two candidates running in a special election Tuesday to fill a vacancy on the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, Charla Schmid. A resident of Montgomery County for the last 37 years, Schmid has worked a number of jobs, including stints at AT&T and UPS. Schmid also served 13 years on the Red Oak School Board. Schmid was appointed to the board of supervisors in October to fill the vacancy le...

Iowa needs to change its recount process to provide more time, more assistance and more uniformity following discrepancies and confusion that beset Iowas incredibly tight Iowa 2nd Congressional District race,

The dentist supposed to do when he feels attraction for her, hes a married man and the wife says shes got to go and the law says you have to keep her in your employ? >> yes, it does and im looking at the opinion right now. the court absolutely got this wrong. section 2116 of the iowa code says its unlawful to discriminate based on sex and may have a devastating impact based on sex. >> its not. >> the cases that the court cited that you brought up had to do where an employee and an employer had a...