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Republicans, armed with firm control of the House, Senate and governor’s office, came to the Statehouse in January with several bills that Democrats could block when they controlled the Senate in the last legislative session.
When it comes to telling voters who is spending money on political ads, Iowa fails. It got an âFâ in a recent study on state disclosure policies for political spending by independent groups, or groups not connected to political candidates. Iowa was among 25 other states that received failing grades. This kind of anonymous spending threatens the transparency of elections, said Arthur Sanders, a political science professor at Drake University. If a group spends $10,000 on ads, voters have no way of knowing where the $10,000 came from.
Iowa scored an F for its poor performance in giving the public access to public records.