Iowa governor signs bill allowing poll workers to challenge voters over citizenship
- On June 2, 2025, Governor Kim Reynolds enacted two election-related bills in Iowa that reform voter registration requirements and revise the state's procedures for election recounts.
- House File 928 establishes uniform recount procedures by requiring all precincts to use the same method when conducting recounts, while House File 954 prohibits the use of ranked-choice voting throughout the state and enhances verification of citizenship during voter registration.
- The laws authorize election officials to challenge voters’ citizenship status at polling places, grant the Secretary of State’s Office enhanced ability to verify voter records, and establish more stringent criteria for requesting recounts in tightly contested elections.
- Secretary of State Paul Pate praised the legislation for enhancing the security and reliability of Iowa’s election system while also promoting an appropriate balance between safeguarding election integrity and encouraging voter participation.
- The legislation aims to enhance election integrity while balancing voter participation, responding to voter challenges in 2024 and addressing issues with noncitizen registrations found in audits.
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Reynolds approves bill to let Iowa poll workers question citizenship
Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA) signed a bill into law enabling Iowa poll workers to challenge voters’ citizenship. This week, Reynolds announced she had given the final approval to House File 954, also banning ranked choice voting in Iowa, making it more difficult for third-party groups such as Libertarians to qualify as major political parties. The law, which makes Iowa the latest state to embrace election reforms, allows election workers to add cit…
Iowa Bans Ranked-Choice Voting, Authorizes Requests for Proof of Citizenship at Polls
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed two election-related bills into law on June 2—one to prohibit the use of ranked-choice voting in any election across the state and allow poll workers to request proof of voter citizenship, and another that overhauls and standardizes the state’s election recount procedures. Reynolds’s office announced the signing of both bills—House File 954 and House File 928—in a June 2 press release, with Secretary of State Paul P…
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