The state now has a new way of verifying its voter rolls and changes to how Iowa's recounts are conducted. Two new election laws went into effect July 1.Despit

Bird, who is in her first term as the state's attorney general, announced Wednesday that she will not be running for governor next year and will instead seek re-election to her current office. In a statement posted on social media,

President Donald Trump sued J. Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register after accusing them of election interference with their final 2024 Iowa presidential poll.

The Iowa Secretary of State's Office has announced a new director of elections. Bailey Kelley, who has been on Secretary Paul Pate's staff for two years, will take on the role, according to a Wednesday announcement. She was chosen after a nationwide search was conducted.

Bailey Kelley, who most recently served as deputy director of elections in Pate’s office, was chosen following a nationwide search, Pate said in a news release. Kelley worked in elections in Johnson County before joining the Secretary of State's Office.