(The Center Square) – A bill that would eliminate ballot drop boxes and ban ranked-choice voting passed the Iowa House of Representatives on Tuesday.
House File 2610 shortens the time absentee ballots can be received in county election offices from when polls close on election day to 5 p.m. on the day before the election.
Rep. Amy Nielsen, D-North Liberty, said the bill would suppress voter turnout.
“I’ve got numbers from the secretary of state,” Nielsen said during the floor debate. “Three thousand voters turned in their absentee ballots on election day in 2022. After this bill is implemented, those 3,000 people would not be able to cast their vote. In 2022, 13,883 Iowans voted by drop box. After this bill is implemented, those votes will not be counted.”Rep. Bobby Kaufmann, R-Wilton, said Iowa residents have 504 hours to vote if the bill passes.”Anyone can vote in that timeframe,” he said.Kaufmann, the […]
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