(SIOUX CITY, Iowa) — The Iowa Firearms Coalition (IFC) is calling for a formal investigation into allegations of voting improprieties at the Woodbury County Courthouse after receiving multiple reports of a polling staffer providing false information about Public Measure 1, also known as the Freedom Amendment, to voters prior to them casting their ballots.
The Freedom Amendment, if approved by voters, will add the right to keep and bear arms to Iowa’s state constitution.
Three voters tell IFC that on three separate occasions, they were told by a polling staff member that should they decide to vote “yes” for Public Measure 1, “it would allow felons to have guns.” This information is both incorrect and may have consequently influenced voters to vote “no” who had spoken with said staffer prior to casting a ballot. It remains unclear how many voters the staffer in question may have given false information concerning the Freedom Amendment before they voted.
At least one of the voters who has been in touch with IFC tells the organization they are in the process of filing a report over the incident with the Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office. IFC has reached to both the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office and the Woodbury County Auditor’s Office and has called for an immediate investigation into the allegations.
“Fair elections are a pillar of our democracy and what has allegedly transpired at the Woodbury County Courthouse is both highly illegal and calls into question the integrity of any early voting that took place there,” said IFC President Dave Funk. “We call on Woodbury County Auditor Patrick Gill to remove the polling staffer in question immediately and we demand the state conduct a formal investigation to uncover the extent to what allegedly occurred.”
Only six states, which includes Iowa, Minnesota, Maryland, California, New York and New Jersey, have not already adopted their own versions of the Freedom Amendment in their respective state constitutions.
The Iowa Firearms Coalition, an affiliate of the NRA and NSSF, is a 501(c4) nonprofit and is Iowa’s only effective pro-Second Amendment rights organization.
This is how it starts…I moved from the state of Washington a couple years ago when I retired and the main reason I left that state. Please do not let this criminal act of fraud fall by the wayside. We have to hold these criminals…yes they are criminals…accountable if we even want to keep or bring back honest voting. Washington is one of the most corrupt states in this country. They wrote the book on voter fraud and this was one of the earlier tactics they used 20 years ago.
Thank you for letting us know about this and staying on top of it….
Election workers are there ensure a ballot is filled out properly, not to offer advice on who or what to vote for. I think this would fall under voting fraud. Keep us up to date on this.
These staff should be immediately terminated – without pay, period!
Including criminal charges.