Unions, marriage groups drive absentee voting in special election
By Hannah Hess
IowaPolitics.com
Democrats lead Republicans by about 2 to 1 in early voting for the high-profile Iowa Senate District 18 special election, according to the Linn County auditor’s office.
On Friday, 3,987 absentee ballots had been returned for the race between Democrat Liz Mathis, of Robins, and Republican Cindy Golding, of rural Cedar Rapids. Of that total, 56 percent came from registered Democrats, compared to 24 percent from registered Republicans and 20 percent from no-party voters…
Sterzenbach said Planned Parenthood, statewide gay rights organization One Iowa, labor unions and education groups are among those helping the Mathis campaign on a day-to-day basis.
Republican efforts also are being bolstered by outside influences who hope that a win for Golding could help a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage gain traction in the Legislature. Gay marriage has been legal since a 2009 Iowa Supreme Court ruling.
Mathis has said she supports the judges’ decision to legalize same-sex marriage, while Golding would like to put a referendum on gay marriage before voters.
“We’re doing everything within the legal limits of the law to get the voter turnout for Cindy Golding, whether it be absentee or turning them out at the polls,” said Bob Vander Plaats, chief executive officer of The Family Leader, an Iowa nonprofit advocating for traditional marriage and against abortion.
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