It was quiet in Windsor Heights’ Colby Park Saturday afternoon as volunteers from many organizations were out canvassing neighborhoods encouraging people to vote early as part of the No Kings Day of Action.
It was a contrast with previous years’ No Kings events in Des Moines, where thousands of people rallied on the State Capitol Grounds, waving signs and shouting slogans. Instead, volunteers worked on various projects aimed at motivating and mobilizing voters ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
Marie Herring, an organizer with the organization Indivisible 515, said the Saturday event looks different from previous No Kings rallies held in Des Moines because it was not meant as a day of protest, but a day for organizers to get out the vote in Iowa.
“It’s a much different goal that we are working to meet,” she told a crowd of roughly 40 people gathered at Colby Park in Windsor Heights…