Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate said Judicial Watch's claims were “false” and provided link to actual county-by-county voter registration totals
Campaigns workers for Democrats reported significant glitches with the new reporting app they were supposed to use to report caucus results Monday night.
Bret Niles, chairman of the Linn County Democratic Party, said he was aware of eight of 86 precinct officials in that county that had trouble logging into the app as of about 2:30 p.m. Monday. Kochneff said the group was told 363 were in attendance and that 56 people would amount to 15 percent, meaning a candidate was viable.
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said on Twitter, Facebook and in a news release that eight Iowa counties had total voter registration rates larger than the eligible voter population. In an interview with the Register, Fitton said the state reported the data to the commission in 2019 for publication under federal law. He said more recent data is"ephemeral" and cannot be verified again until after the general election in 2021.
Hall said the state was required to keep some voters on the rolls reported to the commission for a certain period of time, but those voters would have to take extra steps, like showing an ID, to become active again at the polls. Judicial Watch is a conservative organization that says it investigates official misconduct and promotes"transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law."
Gov. Kim Reynolds is pushing the state to approve a constitutional amendment to end the ban. And Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate has announced his staff is reviewing each of the files in the database, clearing the flawed list and only using entries that have been verified. The Register was notified of at least one other person who a governor’s spokesman confirmed was — like Guyton — denied voter restoration and informed of outstanding court fees or fines just days before the Monday caucuses.People who have questions should contact the governor’s staff, said Pat Garrett, a spokesman for Reynolds.
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