Des Moines, IA- Eligible Iowans can now go on the Iowa Democratic Party’s website and start requesting the presidential preference cards that are replacing the complicated in-person calculations that have long been a feature of the Iowa Democratic Party’s caucuses.
Radio Iowa reports that both major parties in Iowa will hold Caucuses on January 15th. Republicans will again have a straw poll vote to determine which presidential candidate wins the Iowa GOP’s Caucuses, still the kick-off event in their party’s nominating process.
New national party rules forbid Iowa Democrats from any form of voting that would yield results that night. The Iowa Democratic Party will begin distributing presidential preference cards on January 12th, and the results will be announced on March 5th.
Iowa Democrats have hired a vendor to count the presidential preference cards, which will be mailed in, and you must be a registered Democrat to get one.
Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips has announced that he will be running against President Biden. The Iowa Democratic Party’s state central committee will meet in December to decide which candidates’ names appear on the presidential preference cards.
