Here's the latest info on early voting in Iowa from Iowa SOS office

[WI_DEM]

http://sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/2012/general/absenteestats.pdf

[BlueCaliDem]

1. Dang! Dems kicking behind!

[Flashmann]

5. Dang! Dems kicking behind!

In Shitkickerville,no less.....OUTSTANDING!!!

[JRLeft]

2. Here

Absentee Ballot Statistics
November 6, 2012 General Election
Data current as of 10/10/2012
Statewide Totals
Party Affiliation
Number of Absentee
Ballots Requested
Number of Absentee
Ballots Received

Republican
111,877
50,032

Democratic
181,026
101,613

No Party
82,967
34,729

Other
330
129
Total
376,200
186,503

Congressional District 1
Party Affiliation
Number of Absentee Ballots Requested
Number of Absentee
Ballots Received

Republican
25,586
11,555

Democratic
49,883
28,229

No Party
24,891
10,766

Other
89
36

Total
100,449
50,586

Congressional District 2
Party Affiliation
Number of Absentee Ballots Requested
Number of Absentee
Ballots Received

Republican
26,056
11,778

Democratic
50,517
29,292

No Party
22,548
9,614

Other
76
35

Total
99,197
50,719

Congressional District 3
Party Affiliation
Number of Absentee
Ballots Requested
Number of Absentee
Ballots Received

Republican
30,388
12,919

Democratic
47,349
24,707

No Party
19,052
7,200

Other
96
32

Total
96,885
44,858

Congressional District 4
Party Affiliation
Number of Absentee Ballots Requested
Number of Absentee
Ballots Received

Republican
29,847
13,780

Democratic
33,277
19,385

No Party
16,476
7,149

Other
69
26

Total
79,669
40,340

[longship]

8. R&K for ^THIS^

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[hrmjustin]

3. Which district is the Steve king district?

[IADEMO2004]

4. 4th

[hrmjustin]

7. thanks.

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. Like I said elsewhere, ground game

almost never makes good news copy, or fodder for political forums. It looks too nebulous; it's boring. It's not as exciting as poll watching, but it is the real work of political action.

The Obama team has spent tens of millions, and maybe more, on ground-level organizing. From a 210,000 gap to a 74,000 gap in four years in Florida? Democratic absentee ballots returned coming in higher than R and IND combined in Iowa? That's very good organizing, is what it is. But it's not visible. It's not an interesting news story to see ordinary volunteers going door to door or through the call list, informing people about absentee ballots. That's boring to the news media. That's boring to the poll junkies. Until after election day, of course, when some genius realizes that it was the story all along.