Voting booths at Friendship Baptist Church in Ames, Iowa. (Photo by Kate Kealey/Iowa Capital Dispatch)
Iowans have approved a constitutional amendment changing language on voter age and citizenship requirements, the Associated Press has projected.
The news organization has not yet projected whether the amendment related to the state’s gubernatorial line of succession has been approved.
The first amendment proposal, on voter age and citizenship, was called by the AP as approved at 9:43 p.m., and as of 10:15 p.m., had 76% approval. The AP has not called whether the gubernatorial line of succession amendment has been approved, but the measure is leading with 81% approval as of 10:15 p.m., according to latest results.
This year, Iowans saw two proposed amendments on their ballots. The highest profile piece was on the state’s gubernatorial line of succession – specifically, what happens when a sitting governor leaves office, resigns or passes away. When former Gov. Terry Branstad left office to become U.S. ambassador to China during former President Donald Trump’s administration, then-Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds took the office.