Iowa newspapers on July 19 reported the news that Iowans will soon be able to register in certain political parties, other than the Democratic and Republican Parties. See here for one of these stories. As noted on this blog on June 27, unqualified parties that submit 850 signatures will be entitled to a list of the names and addresses of people who register into those parties. The voter registration form will contain a blank line labelled “Other” for the “political party” question, in addition to the 3 old choices of “Democratic”, “Republican” and “independent.”