We are now in the fall 2025 election cycle in Iowa. The elections held in Iowa on odd-numbered years are perhaps not as grabbing as the even-year general elections, but the races this fall that will be decided on November 4 are important too.
Those elections will determine the compositions of city councils and public school boards and also mayor contests.
This What’s The Frequency Show is devoted to recapping the races and important timeline voting dates in the election that will be held over the next two months. We also have a broader discussion with Woodbury County election officials on voting integrity, staffing the polls, and how things typically go on Election Day.
The guests are Woodbury County Auditor Michelle Skaff, who 10 months ago was elected to a four-year term, and the chief elections deputy in the auditor’s office, with Steve Hofmeyer.
"The security of our elections here in Iowa is fantastic," Skaff said.
Both Hofmeyer and Skaff said that technological changes over the last decade-plus have resulted in quicker unofficial results on the evenings of elections.
Skaff also said the current time period in Iowa for early absentee voting is sufficient for people to carry out voting. She explained her decision in February to remove the ballot drop box from the south exterior of the Woodbury County Courthouse in downtown Sioux City.
That early voting collection box had been in use since 2020 following the coronavirus pandemic. Skaff said having such a box creates a big workload to monitor several times per day and could be the target for people wanting to damage them.
*Click on the audio link above to hear the entire show.
What's The Frequency, Episode 78.
