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Washington Page On today’s program we’re talking with Washington County Auditor Dan Widmer about the election law bill that awaits Governor Kim Reynolds’ signature. This is part two of a two-part interview.
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...