After record primary turnout, Iowa Senate Republicans try to limit vote-by-mail in presidential election

Iowa set a new record for primary election turnout this month after secretary of state Paul Pate sent applications for mail-in-ballots to all registered voters. More than 520,000 ballots were cast, according to the Pate’s office, beating the previous record of 450,000 set in 1994. 

Now, Republicans in the state Senate are trying to prevent him from doing the same in the general election this November. 

The Iowa state government committee advanced a 30-page bill on a party-line vote late last week that would prohibit Pate, also a Republican, from proactively sending applications for mail-in-ballots to all registered voters. Anyone