Iowa Sending Absentee Ballot Applications to Active Registered Voters

Iowa Sending Absentee Ballot Applications to Active Registered Voters
Absentee ballot election workers stuff ballot applications at the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections office in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 4, 2020. Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images
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All active registered voters in Iowa, totalling about 2 million, will start receiving absentee ballot applications this weekend, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s office announced on Friday.

The sending of the forms ahead of the November general election is part of efforts to encourage social distancing at polling places amid the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, the office said in a news release.