Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate told the staff of the Benton County Auditor's Office and the Benton County citizens who serve as election workers on Wednesday that Iowa's new voter ID law was not put in place because of rampant fraud, but rather to protect the integrity of the election process.
Pate also said that with paper ballots, Iowa's election are not nearly as vulnerable to hacking as states that do not use paper ballots along with electronic vote-counting technologies.
Speaking in the courthouse, Pate also cautioned the audience that false information spread on social media about elections is more of a danger than hacking. He cited examples the dissemination of false information about voting hours and places, as well as an effort to mislead voters into thinking they can vote by sending text messages from their cell phones.
Beginning in 2020, voters will required to present ID in order to vote. Pate said that more than 90 percent of Iowans registered to vote have a driver's license. With its bar code containing the voter's address and other vital information, the driver's licenses are the way most voters sign in at the polls; this makes the process faster for both the voter and the election workers.
However, Pate explained that other forms of photo IDs will be accepted, including passports, military and college IDs, and voter ID forms his office will send to those who do not have a license or other photo ID.
See a list of frequently asked questions on the Secretary of State web site HERE.
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate told the staff of the Benton County Auditor's Office and the Benton County citizens who serve as election workers on Wednesday that Iowa's new voter ID law was not put in place because of rampant fraud, but rather to protect the integrity of the election process.
Pate also said that with paper ballots, Iowa's election are not nearly as vulnerable to hacking as states that do not use paper ballots along with electronic vote-counting technologies.
Speaking in the courthouse, Pate also cautioned the audience that false information spread on social media about elections is more of a danger than hacking. He cited examples the dissemination of false information about voting hours and places, as well as an effort to mislead voters into thinking they can vote by sending text messages from their cell phones.
Beginning in 2020, voters will required to present ID in order to vote. Pate said that more than 90 percent of Iowans registered to vote have a driver's license. With its bar code containing the voter's address and other vital information, the driver's licenses are the way most voters sign in at the polls; this makes the process faster for both the voter and the election workers.
However, Pate explained that other forms of photo IDs will be accepted, including passports, military and college IDs, and voter ID forms his office will send to those who do not have a license or other photo ID.
See a list of frequently asked questions on the Secretary of State web site HERE.
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