Iowa s House and Senate pass voter bill that reduces absentee and early voting timelines
The bill would reduce the amount of days Iowans could early and absentee vote, as well as make it more difficult for counties to set up satellite voting locations. Author: Shelby Kluver (WQAD) Updated: 12:09 AM CST February 26, 2021
DAVENPORT, Iowa Just months after Iowa saw its highest voter turnout ever, a new bill has passed in the House and Senate, that would decrease early and absentee voting opportunities in the state.
Of the points within Senate File 413, election officials say the biggest for voters to pay attention to is the change to a voter s registration status to inactive if a voter misses a general election, and the closing of polls an hour earlier on election day. The deadlines for early and absentee voting would be shortened to just 20 days before an election, instead of the current 29. And satellite voting would drastically change.