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GOP Wants to Stay a Ruling that Would Stop Invalidation of Pre-Filled Ballot Request Forms

Republican groups are asking the Iowa Supreme Court today to stay a judge's ruling blocking the enforcement of a state order. That order has been used to invalidate tens of thousands of absentee ballot requests.

The Republican National Committee, President Trump's campaign, and other GOP groups said that Iowa's election administration could be thrown into "chaos" if the ruling stands.

At issue is yesterday's ruling by Judge Robert Hanson. Hanson's ruling would block Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate from enforcing his directive requiring counties to mail blank absentee ballot applications to voters instead of pre-filled with personal information.

Woodbury, Johnson, and Linn Counties sent out those pre-filled ballots. 

Hanson said the directive would harm the public's interest in making voting by mail as easy as possible during the coronavirus pandemic.

Courts have invalidated pre-filled absentee ballot applications that were mailed to more than 200,000 voters in three counties. 

 

Another 11 people with COVID-19 have died in Iowa, and there have been an additional 522 confirmed cases, the state reports today.

At 10 a.m., the state was reporting 1,399 COVID-19-related deaths, and an increase of 11 deaths since yesterday, according to the state's coronavirus.iowa.gov website.

Woodbury County has 19 more cases of Covid-19 and two more deaths, for a total of 5,984 cases and 72 deaths and a 14.6% positivity rate.

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