For the first time, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, Iowa's city and school board elections will be merged onto one ballot. In 2017, the Legislature passed a measure that required city and school elections to be held on the same day, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November during odd-numbered years. The impetus for the change, which went into effect on July 1, is to hopefully drive up voter participation in local elections, said Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate. "These local elections, who's on city council and on your school district's board, tend to have more weight for voters in terms of taxes and other quality of life," said Secretary of State Communications Director Kevin Hall...
