Iowa Senate Passes Bill that Repeals Straight-Ticket Device

On March 23, the Iowa Senate passed HF 516 by 26-21. The bill makes many election law changes, and one of the changes is that the bill eliminates the straight-ticket device. The bill already passed the House once, but it must get another vote in the House because the Senate made some changes unrelated to the device.


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Iowa Senate Passes Bill that Repeals Straight-Ticket Device — 2 Comments

  1. Are there any statistics on how often voters use the straight ticket option? As a resident of Iowa, I’m curious what the practical effect of this will be.

  2. I believe that there were 2016 election statistics on that on the SoS website.

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