Elections
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Warren County Has A New Auditor. It’s Not The Conspiracy Theorist
Kimberly Sheets was all smiles as she was sworn in Tuesday to take what she and others felt was her rightful place as interim Warren County auditor. There were murmurs in the community that the Warren County Board of Supervisors would not certify the results of the Aug. 29 special election that led to the…
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Iowa Voters Oust Conspiracy Theorist From County Elections Post
Voters in Iowa’s Warren County voted Tuesday to remove their recently-appointed county auditor who had shared false conspiracy theories about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, QAnon, and the 2020 presidential election, replacing him with the deputy auditor he had placed on leave after she declared her candidacy against him. Iowa’s county auditors oversee elections. Republican David…
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Ramaswamy: Teens Would Choose TikTok Over Voting Rights
Vivek Ramaswamy would ban anyone under 16 from having social media accounts and believes members of Gen Z would choose TikTok over voting rights if forced to decide. The Ohio businessman and 2024 Republican president candidate shared these thoughts during Friday stops in Indianola, Pella, and Newton. Ramaswamy was fresh off his scene-stealing appearance at…
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How safe and fair are our elections in Iowa? Extremely, both Republicans and Democrats agree
It’s not often you see Democrats and Republicans agreeing these days. In Iowa, however, “Iowa has free and fair elections” is one thing auditors of both parties can agree upon. That includes Grant Veeder, the Democratic county auditor of one of Iowa’s last remaining Democratic strongholds of Black Hawk County, and Ryan Dokter, the Republican…
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How To Reactivate Your Iowa Voter Registration
Hundreds of thousands of Iowans lost their active voter registration status last month due to a new sweeping elections law that state Republicans passed in 2021.
