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Latest Iowa absentee ballot numbers (as of October 29)

Roughly 50,000 registered Iowa Democrats, 35,000 Republicans, and 35,000 no-party voters have requested but not yet returned absentee ballots. The Iowa Secretary of State’s Office sent out a press release yesterday on deadlines for returning those ballots. Excerpt:

Absentee ballots returned by mail and received in the county auditor’s office by 9 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, November 4 are eligible for counting. Absentee ballots returned by mail and received by the auditors office after the polls close must be postmarked by November 3 or earlier and be received by the auditor before noon on Monday, November 10.  Mail is not always postmarked so it is important to return the ballot as soon as possible. Absentee ballots can also be returned to the county auditor’s office in person no later than 9 p.m. on Tuesday, November 4.

I would not simply drop a ballot in the mail at this point. The risk of it arriving late without a postmark is too great. Either take it to the post office and demand a postmark on the envelope, or hand-deliver it to the county auditor’s office.

If you make a mistake while filling out your absentee ballot, or your ballot gets lost or damaged, or you realize after mailing that you forgot the secrecy or affidavit envelopes, call your county auditor’s office. In many cases you will be able to come in, sign a form to void your original absentee ballot, and fill out a new absentee ballot right there.

I’ve enclosed below the latest data on absentee ballots requested and returned statewide and in each of Iowa’s four Congressional districts. All figures come from the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office. Click here for previous tables going back to September 22.

Absentee ballots requested by Iowa voters as of October 29, 2014

Congressional district Democrats Republicans no-party voters Libertarian Iowa Green total
IA-01 54,156 41,413 31,011 152 65 126,797
IA-02 58,242 41,534 29,992 155 90 130,013
IA-03 52,722 47,032 23,757 154 61 123,726
IA-04 38,540 50,661 23,050 99 39 112,379
 
statewide 203,650 180,640 107,810 560 255 492,915

Absentee ballots received by Iowa county auditors as of October 29, 2014

Congressional district Democrats Republicans no-party voters Libertarian Iowa Green total
IA-01 41,388 33,855 21,292 102 38 96,675
IA-02 44,008 34,570 20,120 96 65 98,859
IA-03 37,197 36,377 14,677 89 35 88,375
IA-04 29,681 41,086 15,855 62 23 86,707
 
statewide 152,274 145,888 71,944 349 161 370,616
Tags: 2014 Elections, Bruce Braley, Congress, Dave Loebsack, David Young, GOTV, IA-01, IA-02, IA-03, IA-04, IA-Gov, IA-SEN, Jack Hatch, Jim Mowrer, Joni Ernst, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Pat Murphy, Rod Blum, Staci Appel, Statewide, Steve King, Terry Branstad, U.S. House, U.S. Senate

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  • interesting post on where the early votes are coming from

    Interesting readfrom Nate Cohn on The Upshot.  

    In Iowa, the overall early vote is nearly tied in a state where Democrats usually fare well in the early vote.

    But Democrats insist that the Republicans are merely banking voters who would have voted on Election Day anyway, and back it up with data showing a lead among people who didn’t vote in 2010, 40 to 29 percent. If the G.O.P. is faring better in the early vote by attracting voters who would have turned out anyway, then they diminish their ability to fare as well on Election Day as they have in the past. The challenge for Democrats will be making sure that their voters from 2010 ultimately turn out: 42 percent of the Iowa voters who requested but have not returned their absentee ballots are registered Democrats; just 28 percent are registered Republicans.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10…

    natewithglasses  Fri 31 Oct 8:00 AM

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