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Secretary Pate discussed candidate petition signatures, the June 7th primary, election cybersecurity, and combating misinformation on this week’s edition of “Iowa Press”. You can view the entire episode here: https://www.iowapbs.org/shows/iowapress/iowa-press/episode/7382/iowa-secretary-state-paul-pate

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DES MOINES – Every Republican in Iowa who holds statewide or federal office is endorsing Paul Pate’s bid for reelection. Pate announced last week he is seeking a fourth term as Iowa Secretary of State. U.S. Senators Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley, U.S. House Representatives Randy Feenstra, Ashley Hinson and Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Governor Kim Reynolds, […]

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DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is encouraging every high school in Iowa to conduct a voter registration drive on Tuesday, Feb. 22. The date coincides with the birthday of first U.S. President George Washington and will also be “Twosday” on the numerical calendar, 2/22/22. “Engaging young people in civics is a […]

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Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate this week is encouraging Iowans to become poll workers this week. IPR’s Clay Masters speaks with Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate about how Iowans can become poll workers. Tuesday, Jan. 25, was National Poll Worker Recruitment Day. Iowa deploys around 10,000 poll workers for each election.

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Iowa launched a new statewide alliance Thursday to combat human trafficking. The Iowa Business Against Trafficking (IBAT) initiative asks Iowa employers to promote awareness of human trafficking prevention resources. Businesses have to do two things each year to participate in the coalition: educate their employees and customers on the signs of human trafficking, and take […]

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DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate and Hy-Vee will join forces to pay tribute to Iowa’s military men and women on Veterans Day. On Thursday, November 11, Hy-Vee stores across the state will distribute a free breakfast to all veterans and active-duty military in gratitude of their service to our country. […]

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Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate says there was “a pretty big uptick” in voter turn out for yesterday’s city and school board elections in Polk, Linn and Black Hawk Counties. “The early voting was significantly higher in the major urban counties,” Pate says. “Some of them were seeing almost twice as many absentees as […]

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DES MOINES, Iowa — More Iowans made their voices heard this time around, nearly 67,000 more. In 2019, roughly 358,000 Iowans voted in local elections. On Tuesday, 425,000 cast their ballot, and we’re still waiting on numbers from two counties. Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate says the early indicators were there, and he was […]

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