Des Moines, Iowa (RI) — Just over 885-thousand Iowans have already voted in Iowa.
That’s about 59 percent of the total turnout in Iowa for the last presidential election in 2016, so Iowa has obviously set a record for early voting. There are about 100-thousand outstanding absentee ballots that have been requested, but not cast. Both political parties are encouraging those voters to either deliver their ballots in person at a drop box or to the County Auditor’s office by Monday at noon OR show up at a polling site on Election Day with that ballot. Iowa voters can turn over their absentee ballot and get a new one to vote in person on Election Day.
If an Iowan asked for an absentee ballot, but cannot find it, they may cast what’s called a provisional ballot on Election Day.
