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Thomas Beaumont And Anthony Izaguirre This undated photo shows Incoming Scott County (Iowa) Auditor Kerri Tompkins. The drama surrounding a sudden retirement in the position that oversees elections in one of Iowa s most populous counties has voting experts concerned about what it could signal about the future. Is the political dustup in Scott County a short-lived local spat or an early warning that these quiet but critical local roles across the country will turn as partisan and politicized as any race for governor or Congress. (Quad City Times via AP) May 30, 2021 - 4:56 AM DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) â It had been eight years since a Republican candidate even stepped forward to challenge Democrat Roxanna Moritz as the top elections official in Scott County, Iowa. ....
By Randy Evans 5/25/2021 The chambers of the Iowa Senate and the Iowa House of Representatives are silent after a busy 2021 session.
They decided against an increase in tax revenues for the three state universities. They took away authority of local governments to impose face-mask requirements to combat current or future diseases. They made significant changes in the process for creating charter schools, which will operate with state tax money but will not face many requirements public K-12 schools must follow.
And they rewrote large portions of Iowaâs election laws. There are new restrictions on the use of absentee ballots. Election Day voting hours have been shortened by one hour. ....
The House: Democrats Would Have a Tough Slog Even Without Redistricting A Commentary By Kyle Kondik Thursday, May 20, 2021 KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE The reapportionment of House seats and pending redistricting has prevented us from releasing U.S. House ratings so far this cycle. While Republicans stand to gain from this process, they would be favored to win the House even if the district lines were not changing. Sign up: Free daily newsletter Sign up! Rating the House races based on the current lines shows many more Democratic seats in the Toss-up column than Republican ones. These hypothetical ratings are guided by developments in the 2022 campaign so far as well as the normal tendency for the president’s party to lose ground in the House in midterms. ....
Martha MacCallum pressing a teachers union president over critical race theory and more round out today s top media headlines In an analysis piece published Monday, The Washington Post railed against losing Republican candidates for not taking the L, and blaming their losses on election fraud, all while failing to mention a well-known Democratic offender: Stacey Abrams. Post writer Philip Bump focused his criticism on Republicans for, what he claimed was, falling prey to a substantial industry predicated on claiming that voting results are suspect. But he omitted Abrams, who famously refused to concede the race to Republican Brian Kemp following days of counting absentee and provisional ballots. She wound up losing by nearly 55,000 votes, a tight race overall but a clear defeat. ....