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2020 and 2018 polling sites in Iowa's 99 counties

By Suzanne Behnke / IowaWatch | June 2, 2020

Iowa voters went to polls to cast votes in the June 2 primary amid a global pandemic. Election officials took precautions to avoid spreading COVID-19, which included in many counties reducing the number of polling sites. Here is a comparison to the number of sites in the June 2018 primaries, a IowaWatch and Iowa Freedom of Information Council collaboration. READ THE RELATED STORY: 24 rural Iowa counties opt for single polling site amid COVID-19 concerns
Adair
5 in 2020
5 in 2018

Adams
1 in 2020
5 in 2018

Allamakee
3 in 2020
11 in 2018

Appanoose
3 in 2020
12 in 2018

Audubon
1 in 2020
2 in 2018

Benton
9 in 2020
19 in 2018

Black Hawk
7 in 2020
62 in 2018

Boone
3 in 2020
15 in 2018

Bremer
10 in 2020
13 in 2018

Buchanan
3 in 2020
15 in 2018

Buena Vista
2 in 2020
10 in 2018

Butler
1 in 2020
9 in 2018

Calhoun
3 in 2020
10 in 2018

Carroll
1 in 2020
13 in 2018

Cass
5 in 2020
13 in 2018

Cedar
12 in 2020
12 in 2018

Cerro Gordo
10 in 2020
26 in 2018

Cherokee
2 in 2020
7 in 2018

Chickasaw
2 in 2020
8 in 2018

Clarke
1 in 2020
7 in 2018

Clay
1 in 2020
7 in 2018

Clayton
1 in 2020
10 in 2018

Clinton
5 in 2020
26 in 2018

Crawford
1 in 2020
8 in 2018

Dallas
8 in 2020
34 in 2018

Davis
1 in 2020
6 in 2018

Decatur
1 in 2020
7 in 2018

Delaware
12 in 2020
12 in 2018

Des Moines
2 in 2020
16 in 2018

Dickinson
1 in 2020
5*

Dubuque
9 in 2020
35 in 2018

Emmet
1 in 2020
11 in 2018

Fayette
2 in 2020
14 in 2018

Floyd
1 in 2020
8 in 2018

Franklin
1 in 2020
12 in 2018

Fremont
1 in 2020
5 in 2018

Greene
2 in 2020
7 in 2018

Grundy
3 in 2020
7 in 2018

Guthrie
3 in 2020
8 in 2018

Hamilton
2 in 2020
8 in 2018

Hancock
2 in 2020
10 in 2018

Hardin
2 in 2020
8 in 2018

Harrison
1 in 2020
13 in 2018

Henry
9 in 2020
9 in 2018

Howard
6 in 2020
6 in 2018

Humboldt
2 in 2020
9 in 2018

Ida
1 in 2020
7 in 2018

Iowa
5 in 2020
8 in 2018

Jackson
16 in 2020
16 in 2018

Jasper
6 in 2020
20 in 2018

Jefferson
12 in 2020
12 in 2018

Johnson
46 in 2020
57 in 2018

Jones
8 in 2020
12 in 2018

Keokuk
1 in 2020
15 in 2018

Kossuth
1 in 2020
20 in 2018

Lee
3 in 2020
22 in 2018

Linn
19 in 2020
78 in 2018

Louisa
3 in 2020
5 in 2018

Lucas
7 in 2020
7 in 2018

Lyon
1 in 2020
7 in 2018

Madison
3 in 2020
8 in 2018

Mahaska
2 in 2020
11 in 2018

Marion
5 in 2020
17 in 2018

Marshall
7 in 2020
15 in 2018

Mills
4 in 2020
11 in 2018

Mitchell
1 in 2020
11 in 2018

Monona
7 in 2020
11 in 2018

Monroe
4 in 2020
7 in 2018

Montgomery
2 in 2020
7 in 2018

Muscatine
6 in 2020
23 in 2018

O’Brien
2 in 2020
9 in 2018

Osceola
3 in 2020
8 in 2018

Page
3 in 2020
8 in 2018

Palo Alto
3 in 2020
3 in 2018

Plymouth
1 in 2020
13 in 2018

Pocahontas
5 in 2020
7 in 2018

Polk
28 in 2020
135 in 2018

Pottawattamie
5 in 2020
40 in 2018

Poweshiek
3 in 2020
8 in 2018

Ringgold
5 in 2020
7 in 2018

Sac
4 in 2020
9 in 2018

Scott
23 in 2020
63 in 2018

Shelby
5 in 2020
5 in 2018

Sioux
5 in 2020
10 in 2018

Story
10 in 2020
43 in 2018

Tama
8 in 2020
14 in 2018

Taylor
6 in 2020
7 in 2018

Union
3 in 2020
8 in 2018

Van Buren
8 in 2020
8 in 2018

Wapello
9 in 2020
22 in 2018

Warren
7 in 2020
31 in 2018

Washington
4 in 2020
11 in 2018

Wayne
4 in 2020
4 in 2020

Webster
3 in 2020
28 in 2018

Winnebago
3 in 2020
10 in 2018

Winneshiek
3 in 2020
10 in 2018

Woodbury
5 in 2020
42 in 2018

Worth
1 in 2020
7 in 2018

Wright
1 in 2020
5 in 2018
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