On April 15, the Iowa Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Schmett v State Objections Panel, 22-0618. It says that Abby Finkenauer should be on the June 2022 Democratic primary ballot as a candidate for U.S. Senate. Here is the opinion, which involves interpretation of the statute. A lower state court had kept her off the ballot because she was three signatures short in one county, because the signer (who was a registered voter) didn’t add the date next to his or her signature.

Finkenauer is a former member of the U.S. House, and is considered the leading candidate for U.S. Senate in this year’s Democratic primary.