DES MOINES, IOWA (January 27, 2020) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate presented a National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) Medallion Award to Ambassador Kenneth Quinn during a ceremony at the State Capitol on Monday. The award recognizes Quinn’s many years of service to Iowa and the nation, both as a US State Department official and as President of the World Food Prize Foundation.

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 24, 2020) — The filing process for Iowa businesses is better than ever thanks to the Fast Track Filing system launched by the Secretary of State’s Office. Iowa Secretary Paul Pate announced today that biennial report-filing is now available using the system. Businesses that are registered with the state are required to file reports every two years. Approximately 70,000 Iowa businesses will file biennial reports in 2020.

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 21, 2020) — Six days before Iowans participate in the Iowa Caucuses, thousands of students across the state will make their voices heard in Secretary of State Paul Pate’s Iowa Youth Straw Poll. Students will vote for their preferred candidates for President, Senate, and House on Tuesday, January 28.

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 30, 2019) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announces 350,000 Iowans have registered to vote in the past five years. Iowa has broken several voter-registration records since Sec Pate took office on January 1, 2015, including setting the all-time high for active registered voters, 2,045,864, in January 2017.