Iowa Election Officials Pushing Vote By Mail For June Primary

DES MOINES — There will be a June 2 primary election in Iowa, elections officials pledge.But those officials are encouraging voters to submit their ballots early through the mail in order to sidestep voting in-person on Election Day while the state still may be dealing with the novel coronavirus pandemic.So serious is he about encouraging Iowans to vote by mail that Secretary of State Paul Pate, the state’s top elections official, plans to mail every registered voter in the state an absentee ballot request form for the June primary.Pate considered going to a 100 percent vote-by-mail election.