A wide-ranging election bill sits on Governor Kim Reynolds’ desk, which the Washington County Auditor points out was strongly opposed by the Iowa State Association of County Auditors.
The bill proposes many changes for absentee and poll voting with greater sanctions on county auditors, including shortening the period of mailing absentee ballots and early in-person voting from the current 29 days to 20 days before an election, closing election day polls an hour earlier at 8 p.m., requiring that mailed absentee ballots be in election officials’ hands by 8 p.m. on Election Day instead of the postmark date with some exceptions, and moving up the deadline for requesting an absentee ballot and for voter preregistration to 15 days before Election Day instead of the current 10 days. Washington County Auditor Dan Widmer (R) says the shortened period for mailing absentee ballots and for his office to be able to contact voters to correct ballot issues is going to have a large impact on his
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