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Iowa Attempts to Limit Election Official’s Power During Pandemic

Title (Dublin Core)

Iowa Attempts to Limit Election Official’s Power During Pandemic
Iowa Public Radio news story
#COVID-19, #Iowa, #Election

Description (Dublin Core)

Following Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s decision to send absentee ballot requests to every registered voter ahead of the June 2nd primary, Senate Republicans passed a bill to limit the Secretary’s power and prohibit the same action from occurring again. Pate’s decision was made in an effort to allow all Iowans the change to vote without increasing the risk of spreading COVID-19 at the polls. With many rural counties reducing in-person polling places to just one per county, absentee voting was the only choice for many rural Iowans. The decision by Pate resulted in a record voter turnout for the state.

Date (Dublin Core)

June 6, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Katarina Sostaric

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Cody Brown

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.iowapublicradio.org/post/iowa-senate-bill-would-limit-election-officials-ability-change-voting-process-during-pandemic
https://web.archive.org/web/20200613022622/https://www.iowapublicradio.org/post/iowa-senate-bill-would-limit-election-officials-ability-change-voting-process-during-pandemic

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Iowa Public Radio

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Government State
English Events
English News coverage
English Rural

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

vote
election
senate
turn out

Collection (Dublin Core)

Rural Voices

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

The Pandemic’s Unique Toll On 2020 College Graduates
HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

06/12/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

06/18/2020
06/27/2020
08/02/2022
10/13/2024

Date Created (Dublin Core)

6/06/2020

Item sets

Covid 19
Arizona State University

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