Iowa Secretary of State Disputes Claim by Group About Voter Registration

Voters head to the polls in Iowa's Madison County in Truro, Iowa, on Nov. 6, 2018. Steve Pope/Getty Images

Eight Iowa counties have more registered voters than their total voting-age eligible populations—by nearly 19,000—according to data revealed by Judicial Watch, a conservative nonprofit, but Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate disputed Judicial Watch’s claim.

Pate, a Republican, says the numbers claimed by Judicial Watch are “patently false.”