(Des Moines) Voting security in Iowa is a top priority. Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate says the state takes a layered approach to protect the process’s integrity.
Pate says his office also conducts post-election audits in each county, uses cyber and physical security, and requires voter identification.
Secretary of State Paul Pate says the state has several election safeguards, including post-election audits in each county.
Pate says the first step is verifying someone is eligible and registered to vote
Meanwhile, more than 150-thousand voters have already cast their ballots in Iowa during the first week of early voting. The last Iowa midterm election also saw record numbers. The Secretary of State’s Office says the 2022 election was the second-highest midterm turnout in state history, with more than 1,230,000 ballots cast. The all-time high for an Iowa midterm election was in 2018, when more than one-point-three million Iowans voted.
