Pat Rynard founded Iowa Starting Line in 2015. He still keeps a close eye on Iowa politics, his dog’s name is Frank, and football season is his favorite time of year.
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Sign This, Governor
Gov. Kim Reynolds promised she would sign an executive order that would finally end Iowa’s distinction as the only state in the country that doesn’t automatically restore former felons’ voting rights in some way. Since that promise in June, which prompted Senate Republicans to abandon the constitutional amendment route, everyone’s been waiting and waiting for…
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Republicans Screwed Themselves By Attacking Iowa Absentee Ballot Efforts
If there’s one thing you can say about Iowa Republican legislators, it’s this: they’re not very bright. Their latest scheme to make it more difficult to vote in Iowa is about to blow up in their faces in spectacular fashion, and they have no one but themselves to blame for it. At the very end…
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Republicans Screwed Themselves By Attacking Iowa Absentee Ballot Efforts
If there’s one thing you can say about Iowa Republican legislators, it’s this: they’re not very bright. Their latest scheme to make it more difficult to vote in Iowa is about to blow up in their faces in spectacular fashion, and they have no one but themselves to blame for it. At the very end…
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Today The First Day To Request An Absentee Ballot In Iowa
Are you ready to vote? The answer to that for many Iowans eager to see Donald Trump leave the White House is an emphatic “yes,” and today is when you can take the first step toward getting your ballot. July 6 is the first day that Iowa’s county auditors will begin accepting absentee ballot requests.…
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70% Of Iowa Republican Lawmakers Voted Absentee In June Primary
Upon seeing record-shattering turnout in Iowa’s June primary thanks largely to widespread absentee voting, Iowa Republicans returned to the Statehouse intent on making sure that wouldn’t happen again. After a record 531,131 Iowans cast a primary ballot, Republican legislators used the abbreviated legislative session to pass new restrictions on the Secretary of State and to…
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What Joni Ernst Thinks Of Iowa’s Black Lives Matter Protests
In a Fox News interview yesterday and a speech on the Senate floor today, Sen. Joni Ernst seemed to lack basic knowledge of the Black Lives Matter movement in her home state and framed the recent progress at the Iowa Statehouse in a way that excluded them. Appearing on Fox News yesterday, Ernst was asked…
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What Joni Ernst Thinks Of Iowa’s Black Lives Matter Protests
In a Fox News interview yesterday and a speech on the Senate floor today, Sen. Joni Ernst seemed to lack basic knowledge of the Black Lives Matter movement in her home state and framed the recent progress at the Iowa Statehouse in a way that excluded them. Appearing on Fox News yesterday, Ernst was asked…
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Joe Biden To Headline Iowa Democrats’ Fundraiser As Race Here Narrows
As polls show the presidential race in Iowa looking much closer than the 2016 election, the Iowa Democratic Party is announcing that their party’s presumptive nominee will headline their major summer fundraiser. Former Vice President Joe Biden will address Iowa Democrats at the party’s Hall of Fame celebration, held this year online on July 26…
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Joe Biden To Headline Iowa Democrats’ Fundraiser As Race Here Narrows
As polls show the presidential race in Iowa looking much closer than the 2016 election, the Iowa Democratic Party is announcing that their party’s presumptive nominee will headline their major summer fundraiser. Former Vice President Joe Biden will address Iowa Democrats at the party’s Hall of Fame celebration, held this year online on July 26…
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Joe Biden To Headline Iowa Democrats’ Fundraiser As Race Here Narrows
As polls show the presidential race in Iowa looking much closer than the 2016 election, the Iowa Democratic Party is announcing that their party’s presumptive nominee will headline their major summer fundraiser. Former Vice President Joe Biden will address Iowa Democrats at the party’s Hall of Fame celebration, held this year online on July 26…
