Overall turnout was 11.6%, the Polk Elections Office reported. Gary White can be reached at [email protected] or 863-802-7518. Follow on X @garywhite13.

Polk County's fractious supervisors tapped interim County Administrator Frank Marasco in a 3-2 vote to occupy the position permanently ...

Photo: Alamy President Donald Trump filed a new lawsuit against Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register as he continues to claim “brazen election interference” surrounding the final ...

President Donald Trump sued J. Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register after accusing them of election interference with their ...

Live updates and the latest news as the Senate votes on amendment to the Trump-backed Republican domestic policy bill.

The president accuses Selzer of fraud after she conducted a poll right before the 2024 election that showed Kamala Harris ...

Polk County supervisors chair envisioned a nationwide search for a new county administrator. Now, the board is poised to make its interim admin permanent.

Supervisor of Elections Melony Bell cited "a political atmosphere" in explaning her decision not to hold outreach at Pride in ...

The Polk County Election Office will move from its downtown location to the River Place building. The move aims to accommodate increased in-person voting and provide better parking and waiting ...

That election spurred a series of changes that have inflected Edwards’ 24 years as Polk County’s top election official. The 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore marked the first time in ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Polk County is currently assessing potential structural issues within the 102-year-old building that houses its Elections Office. Concerns have arisen due to visible cracks in ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Polk County elections leaders voted to count the ballots cast by a list of residents identified by the Secretary of State's Office as potential non-citizen voters. Members of ...