Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s office is putting more than 300-thousand postcards in the mail this week. The cards are addressed to Iowans who are eligible to vote, but are not registered.
*
A grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts is covering the costs of printing and mailing the reminder postcards. The cards should show up in mailboxes over the next two weeks. Pate does not have a demographic breakdown on the 300-thousand who are getting the postcards, but he suspects many are younger.
*
Iowans have until October 27th to pre-register to vote. Iowa also allows voters to register to vote at their precinct on Election Day. This past January Iowa set an all-time record, with more than two MILLION Iowans registered to vote. More than 90 percent of eligible Iowans are currently registered to vote in the 2018 election.
*