Early voting in Iowa increases at moderate pace

Last Thursday, September, September 25 was Iowa's first day of early voting and a mass of citizens have shown a desire to cast their ballots ahead of time. In the 2004 general election, 460,000 votes were cast early out of 1.5 million total. This year, 104,000 early ballots have already been requested across the state, which is actuallya slight decrease compared to 2004.

But early voting has increased this cycle compared to 2004 in Johnson County . A total of 154 people came to the office to cast ballots compared to 84 people on the first day of voting in 2004.
Another 278 people voted at an early bird satellite site at the Iowa City Public Library compared to 146 at the site four years ago.