Reply #13: IA: Caucus drew few ineligible voters

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Caucus drew few ineligible voters

Associated Press - April 20, 2008 3:14 PM ET

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The 2008 Iowa caucuses saw a flood of new participants, but that did not translate into large numbers of ineligible voters trying to participate.

That's according to an analysis of state voter registration data in a copyright story by The Des Moines Register.

The Register's review of data from all of the state's 99 counties reveals a low rate of new voter applications filled out on caucus night by persons whose address could not later be verified.

According to the review, about 1.5% of the new voter identification cards mailed to voters who registered on caucus night were returned to county auditors as undeliverable, indicating that the vast majority of new caucus-night voters had a bona fide address in Iowa.

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