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Here are the key voting dates/deadlines for Iowa's primary elections on June 2, 2026. What is the voter registration deadline? In-person: June 2, 2026 By mail: Postmarked by May 18, 2026 Online: May 18, 2026 What is the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline? In-person: May 18, 2026 By mail: Received by May 18, 2026 What is the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline? In-person: June 2, 2026 By mail: Received by June 2, 2026 Is early voting available to all voters? Yes Wha

Journalist Katie Couric and Timothy Snyder, author of "On Tyranny - Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century" and European historian and professor, discuss the role of protest movements, Christian nationalism in the Republican Party and the Trump administration's corruption. Check it out below. Timothy Snyder's twenty rules for pushing back against populist or authoritarian movements.

Rural communities showed up in large numbers as well to protest against the corruption and chaos of the T$ump Administration.

Legendary Democratic strategist Joe Trippi has worked Iowa for decades as a campaigner, but now he's going back to cover the races from the outside. In this premiere episode, he sits down with Laura Belin , one of the most essential political reporters on the ground in Iowa. They cover a lot of ground and get into the weeds to break down everything you need to know about the state of the ra ces in Iowa.

When the year started, races in Georgia, Michigan, and Ohio were seen as the real battlegrounds—not Iowa, which last elected a new Democratic Senator, Harkin, in 1984. Yet Democrats in recent weeks have summoned surprising credibility to their claims of having a shot at winning back the Senate majority. Check out Time Magazine's February article .

Latest news from Democracy Iowa, including our March session recap and some upcoming events.