More than 630-thousand had already voted, early, before the voting started in precincts throughout Iowa this morning. Secretary of State Paul Pate, the commissioner of elections in Iowa, describes the scene.
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Pate says NO voting machines in Iowa are connected to the internet. The machines scan the ballots and each machine then keeps a tally of the votes.
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Pate’s office issued a report on November 1st, showing there are more than two-point-one MILLION “active” voters in Iowa. That means those voters have cast ballots in the past couple of elections. Pate expects about 70 percent of eligible Iowa voters to turn-out for the 2016 election.
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