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Election 2026: Early voting in Iowa & Prosch kickoff event

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Stickers are shown at a Sioux City voting precinct on October 7, 2025. (Bret Hayworth, Siouxland Public Media News)

Iowa voters can now request an early absentee ballot for the November midterm elections.

The window for county auditors to accept ballot requests is currently open through October 19th.

An absentee ballot request form can be printed from the website voter-ready.Iowa.gov. That form must be mailed or returned to a voter’s county auditor.

Auditors may begin sending absentee ballots to voters starting on October 14th.

There was a 2026 election event in Sioux City on Tuesday. Republican nominee Christopher Prosch held his campaign kickoff event at the Woodbury County Courthouse.

Prosch is running for the Iowa Senate District 1 position, and his opponent is incumbent Democrat Catelin Drey, of Sioux City.

The election is on November 3.


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Bret Hayworth is a native of Northwest Iowa and graduate of the University of Northern Iowa with nearly 30 years working as an award-winning journalist. He enjoys conversing with people to tell the stories about Siouxland that inform, entertain, and expand the mind, both daily in SPM newscasts and on the weekly show What's The Frequency.
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