Iowa primary voters set turnout records in 2018

[TexasTowelie]

Multiple Iowa voter turnout records were announced as bested Tuesday even before polls had closed.

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate reported at around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday that 50,610 absentee ballots had been received, surpassing the previous state primary election record of 44,740 in 2014.

A few minutes after Pate’s report, Johnson County Auditor Travis Weipert said his county primary turnout had already bested its overall turnout record set in 1994 and a Democratic record set in 2006.

Polk County Auditor Jamie Fitzgerald said at around the same time that he believed the county was in line to break a primary vote total record set in 2010 when around 42,000 people voted in the primary.

Read more: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2018/06/05/iowa-primary-2018-election-results-voter-turnout-breaks-records/675680002/

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

1. Yippee!

The news is getting out. Everytime a mandate against dt and the gop.

[SharonClark]

2. Polk County has a highly motivating county supervisor contest

with the incumbent challenged by a current State Senator - the battle of the South Side.
The primary winner probably won't have a gop challenger in November.

That alone should increase voting in Des Moines.