Last Report: 11/3/2020
Source: Data provided by Iowa Secretary of State’s office

Returned and Accepted Mail Ballots

Mail Ballots Returned and Accepted by Party Registration

Mail Ballots Returned and Accepted: 996,981

Party Returned Ballots Freq. Distribution Requested Ballots Return Rate
Democrats 449,290 45.1 462,222 97.2
Republicans 331,802 33.3 341,866 97.1
Minor 4,889 0.5 5,186 94.3
No Party Affiliation 211,000 21.2 221,085 95.4
TOTAL 996,981 100.0 1,030,359 96.8

Rejected Mail Ballots

Mail Ballots Rejected by Party Registration

Mail Ballots Rejected: 1,468

In the “All” mail ballot returned statistics, I add the mail ballots that are returned and accepted with the rejected ballots. Dividing the number of rejected by this quantity yields a rejection rate.

Party Count Percent
Democrats 612 41.7
Republicans 574 39.1
Minor 11 0.7
No Party Affiliation 271 18.5
TOTAL 1,468 100.0

Requested Mail Ballots

Mail Ballots Requested: 1,030,359

Mail Ballots Requested by Party Registration

Party Count Percent
Democrats 462,222 44.9
Republicans 341,866 33.2
Minor 5,186 0.5
No Party Affiliation 221,085 21.5
TOTAL 1,030,359 100.0