Iowa looking to create online voter registration

Statescoop: Just before Paul Pate moved into his new job as Iowa’s secretary of state, he reiterated a campaign trail promise to give residents the ability to register to vote online in time for next fall’s elections.

In an interview last week with the Des Moines Register, Pate, who will succeed Matt Schultz as the state’s top elections official after winning a statewide election last November, outlined several elections-related priorities as well as ways to improve the office’s business registration functions. His ultimate goal, he said, is to increase access to the polls and voter participation while maintaining ballot security.

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