Iowa
How to vote early in Iowa (2022 edition)
As of August 30, Iowans can submit absentee poll request varieties to their county auditors for the November 8 election.
I am a robust advocate for voting earlier than election day, and Iowa Democrats have to financial institution early votes in midterms, to counteract the GOP’s longstanding turnout benefit.
However Republicans have considerably modified Iowa’s voting legal guidelines because the final basic election. So even in the event you’ve voted by mail earlier than, I’d encourage you to make completely different plans to solid your poll this yr.
Why keep away from the mail?
A regulation enacted in early 2021 restricted each side of early voting. Iowans can begin requesting absentee ballots 70 days earlier than the election, however the first day county auditors can mail ballots to voters is October 19 (simply 20 days earlier than the election).
Years in the past, auditors may start mailing ballots 40 days earlier than Iowa elections. That left loads of time to take care of errors. If you happen to make any mistake filling out your absentee poll this yr, it is going to in all probability be too late in your county auditor to ship a alternative poll to you. (The final day they will mail a poll is October 24, fifteen days earlier than the election.)
Whereas Iowa regulation used to permit late-arriving absentee ballots to be counted in the event that they have been postmarked earlier than election day, present regulation requires all ballots to arrive on the county auditor’s workplace by 8:00 pm on November 8. (Exceptions apply to a small variety of voters, corresponding to lively responsibility navy.)
Bleeding Heartland’s overview of knowledge offered by county auditors confirmed that at the least 150 Iowans who mailed their absentee ballots earlier than the June 2022 main election didn’t have their votes counted, as a result of the ballots arrived late. Nearly all of voters disenfranchised on this means have been attempting to vote within the Republican main.
Those that reside outdoors massive cities are inclined to have slower mail supply, and are due to this fact at higher danger of getting their absentee ballots tossed for that reason.
Earlier Iowa regulation allowed associates, neighbors, or volunteers to select up and ship accomplished absentee ballots to the county auditor’s workplace. Below the regulation Republicans enacted in 2021, solely the voter, somebody dwelling in the identical family, or an instantaneous member of the family to the fourth diploma of consanguinity can gather and return a accomplished absentee poll for many Iowans. (Blind or bodily disabled voters can designate another person to return their poll.) The restrictions on delivering ballots are being challenged in court docket however stay in impact.
Voting early in particular person is much less dangerous
All 99 county auditors’ places of work will supply early in-person voting starting on October 19, and can present that chance throughout enterprise hours each weekday by way of Monday, November 7.
Some county auditors will even present Saturday voting hours, or satellite tv for pc areas like public libraries and neighborhood facilities, the place voters can request and fill out an absentee poll on the spot. Just a few weeks earlier than early voting begins, examine along with your county auditor about the place and when alternate voting areas can be open.
If you happen to reside in Iowa and can be right here between October 19 and November 7, I’d encourage you to assume creatively about discovering a solution to vote in particular person this yr. Even if you’re not cellular, maybe there may be somebody who often takes you to physician’s appointments, or runs errands. Schedule a day for that particular person to select you up and take you to the county elections workplace to solid a poll.
County auditor’s places of work have accessible poll marking gadgets for many who need assistance to fill out their ballots.
Necessary word: once you vote early in particular person, you will need to fill out your poll and submit it proper there; you may’t take it dwelling to overview later. So analysis the races in your space (together with any county-level places of work) forward of time.
If it’s essential to vote by mail
Some Iowans don’t have any various to voting by mail. They might attend faculty out of state, or spend a part of the yr in a hotter location.
To maximise the possibility of your vote being counted, request your poll effectively upfront of the October 24 deadline for submitting an absentee poll request type. You need your county auditor to course of your request in time to mail your poll on October 19.
When you have entry to the web and a printer, you may obtain an absentee poll request type from the Iowa Secretary of State’s web site proper now. Mail or hand-deliver it to your county elections workplace.
If you cannot print out your personal absentee poll request type, name or e mail your county auditor’s workplace and ask them to ship you one.
Some county auditors used to mail the varieties to all registered voters of their jurisdictions. However Iowa Republicans outlawed that observe in 2021, for no good cause. Now auditors are prohibited from sending an absentee poll request type to anybody who would not particularly ask for one.
The Linn County elections workplace offered this beneficial recommendation in a Faceboook submit: “If you may be away from dwelling, please bear in mind to incorporate the deal with ‘the place your poll ought to be mailed’ — the place it is going to attain you nonetheless lengthy after October nineteenth mail despatched on that date is more likely to arrive there.”
If you happen to reside in Iowa and request an absentee poll to your property deal with, attempt to full it shortly and hand-deliver it to your county auditor, or put it within the mail effectively upfront of election day.
If you’re dwelling in one other a part of the nation, fill out the absentee poll as quickly as potential after you obtain it. Chances are you’ll need to spend a little bit further to in a single day the envelope again to your county auditor, or ship it by precedence mail.
Watch out to not make any errors when filling out your absentee poll. If you happen to cross out or erase any marks, overlook to signal the affidavit envelope, or overlook to seal the secrecy envelope, your vote won’t be counted, and it’ll in all probability be too late for a alternative poll to achieve you.
Ultimate word: the Republican Social gathering of Iowa despatched out an e mail blast on August 30 encouraging voters to “request a Protected and Authorized Absentee Poll!” There was no point out of the various new limitations GOP lawmakers and Governor Kim Reynolds not too long ago created for Iowans preferring to vote by mail. Primarily based on what occurred in June, I count on hundreds of ballots to reach too late to be counted this November—lots of them despatched by Republicans who reside in rural Iowa.
High graphic posted on the Linn County Elections workplace Fb web page on August 30.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of Iowa men’s golf team finished two rounds of play at the Fighting Irish Classic on Sunday. The Hawkeyes currently sit in sixth place out of 15 teams.
Sophomore Noah Kent and junior Gage Messingham are both leading the Hawkeyes, tied for 8th place overall. Kent shot 1-over (71) in the first round and 1-under (69) in the second round, finishing with a total score of 140. Messingham join Kent as the only other Hawkeye to go under-par today in a round.
Sophomore Max Tjoa is tied for 37th place, shooting rounds of 74 and 72, with a total score of 146. Senior Chance Rinkol posted scores of 71 and 77 in the first and second rounds, respectively, and sits tied for 51st place with a score of 148. Senior Josh Lundmark recorded rounds of 79 and 71, finishing tied for 64th place with a total score of 150.
HAWKEYE SCORECARD
| 6/15 | Team | +5 | +3 | 148 |
| T8 | Gage Messingham | -1 | +1 | 140 |
| T8 | Noah Kent | +1 | -1 | 140 |
| T37 | Max Tjoa | +4 | +2 | 146 |
| T51 | Chance Rinkol | +1 | +7 | 148 |
| T64 | Josh Lundmark | +9 | +1 | 150 |
HEAR FROM HEAD COACH TYLER STITH
“Today was a very strong team performance with Noah and Gage leading the way. We showed a lot of grit all day but especially down the stretch. We’re in a great position heading into the final round.”
UP NEXT
The final round of the Fighting Irish Classic is set to tee off on Monday morning.
Nebraska volleyball entered October a perfect 38-0 against Iowa all-time. That number is now 39-0.
The No. 2 Huskers (14-1, 4-0 Big Ten) swept the Hawkeyes (8-8, 2-2 Big Ten), 25-17, 25-11, 25-13. This is the eighth-straight sweep for Nebraska over Iowa and 11th-straight win since falling at SMU.
Nebraska’s offense hit a blistering .404, led by 10 kills on .400 hitting from Merritt Beason.
The story of the day was the middles, though. With Andi Jackson out again, Leyla Blackwell earned the start alongside Rebekah Allick. The pair notched nine kills each, with Blackwell hitting .692 and Allick hitting .583. They also combined for five blocks.
Bergen Reilly dished out 35 assists.
Iowa managed to hit just .155, but did have the player with a match-high for kills: Michel Urquahart at 11.
Nebraska is back in action Friday, hosting No. 10 Purdue.
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Jay Higgins discusses a variety of topics after Iowa’s 35-7 loss to Ohio State.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz made his view of the quarterback position pretty clear after Saturday’s 35-7 loss at Ohio State.
No, the Hawkeyes are not headed for a change at quarterback, Ferentz said.
“We’re not ready, I think, to have a controversy at that position,” the longtime head coach said.
The loss to Ohio State again illustrated the gap between Iowa and national powerhouses. The Hawkeyes haven’t beaten one of the three giants of the Big Ten — Penn State, Michigan or Ohio State — since a 2021 win over the Nittany Lions. Against ranked opponents last season, Iowa was beaten a combined 92-0.
Perhaps you could point to the fact that Iowa at least scored on Saturday as progress. But in reality, Saturday’s margin was similar to those three games last season.
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The quarterback position wasn’t good enough on Saturday. Cade McNamara finished the game 14-of-20 passing for 98 yards and three turnovers — two fumbles and one interception. Just like the game itself, the quarterback play fit an old, tired narrative.
When, if ever, will Iowa’s quarterback woes finally be solved?
To be clear, quarterback production was not the only deficient area on Saturday. The Hawkeyes were beaten in the trenches — on both sides of the ball — and outgained 203-116 on the ground. Iowa’s defense also gave up four touchdowns through the air.
After Iowa trailed just 7-0 at the break, it got ugly in the second half. Ohio State is a legitimate national championship threat, and the Hawkeyes didn’t do much in the third and fourth quarters to show they could compete at that level.
“The bottom line is, you’ve got to play clean football against a team like this,” Ferentz said. “We weren’t able to do that. They get some credit on that, too.”
Kirk Ferentz on Cade McNamara after loss to Ohio State: ‘Cade will be fine’
Kirk Ferentz discusses a variety of topics after Iowa’s 35-7 loss to Ohio State.
Since the 2019 departure of Nate Stanley, Iowa’s quarterback struggles have been no secret. Whether it be Spencer Petras or Alex Padilla or Deacon Hill, Iowa hasn’t gotten necessary production from that position. There was optimism that McNamara, once a prized transfer from Michigan, would be the solution.
Through the first 10 games of his Iowa career, McNamara has fallen short of that.
The lowest bar for McNamara to clear as Iowa’s quarterback — taking care of the ball — is something he was unable to do on Saturday.
McNamara’s turnovers came on three consecutive possessions to open the second half, all but erasing any first-half hope that Iowa had managed to build.
Because Iowa lives in such thin margins, avoiding turnovers is paramount, even more so against a team like Ohio State. The lack of ball security was a reason the quarterback position was such a disaster at Iowa last season. Hill finished the season with a ratio of eight interceptions to five passing touchdowns.
McNamara’s touchdown pass-to-interception ratio this season is now 3-to-3. He was without a turnover against Illinois State, Troy and Minnesota, but coughing up the ball proved costly against Iowa State and Ohio State. An early second-half turnover against Iowa State this season gave the Cyclones life. Three against Ohio State on Saturday shut the door on a possible upset.
“We evaluate every position week to week,” Ferentz said about quarterback. “But we’re comfortable. I think Cade’s improving. I really do. It sounds funny with the turnovers today, I think he seems more comfortable. His timing seems better. And he was getting the ball out really well in the first half. We have to improve as a collective offense.”
It might go against popular opinion but to Ferentz’s point, McNamara started Saturday’s contest well, completing 10 of his first 12 passes. There is, however, a gaping hole in that argument.
Completion efficiency is not McNamara’s biggest issue. In fact, in the last two games — against Minnesota and Ohio State — he was a combined 25-of-39, marking major improvement from a putrid 13-of-29 outing against Iowa State.
But that extremely efficient stretch against Ohio State matters less if it amounts to zero points and also means turning the ball over three times later on.
In his Iowa career, McNamara has not yet thrown a touchdown against a power conference opponent (granted, a redzone package with backup Brendan Sullivan was implemented earlier this season, making it more difficult for McNamara to do so). But more troubling than the lack of touchdowns are the fact that all three of his interceptions this season have come against power conference opponents (one was a last ditch heave against Iowa State). You can also add the two fumbles against Ohio State to that turnover tally.
Iowa didn’t get McNamara just to beat up on lower level programs. When the competition level rises, he needs to do so with it.
“We just can’t turn the ball over,” McNamara said Saturday. “We had three drives in a row with turnovers. That just can’t happen. They just came out in the second half and they played well. They’re are a good defense and they’re a good team.”
You can argue ad nauseam against Ferentz’s assertion that McNamara is improving. But bottom line is, the fact that this is even a discussion is a problem. It was reasonable to think that McNamara would’ve been better than this through five games.
Iowa doesn’t need its quarterback to be prolific. Running back Kaleb Johnson solves a lot for the offense with the way he’s been playing. Iowa just needs McNamara to take care of the ball and make defenses pay on occasion when the chance presents itself.
In critical moments, that hasn’t been the case.
Iowa running back Kaleb Johnson reacts to 35-7 loss at Ohio State
The Hawkeyes junior wound up rushing 15 times for 86 yards, but most of those came after the game was decided.
Through the first 10 games of his Iowa career — split between 2023 and 2024 due to injury — McNamara hasn’t done much to validate the excitement that once surrounded him. Ferentz has preached patience for someone who has been out for an extended period — on multiple occasions. That faith in him could still bear results.
But time is becoming of the essence for McNamara to change the narrative.
Said Ferentz: “Cade will be fine.”
Follow Tyler Tachman on X @Tyler_T15, contact via email at ttachman@gannett.com
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