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Every active registered voter in the state — about 2 million of them — will receive an absentee ballot request form in the mail ahead of the June 2 primary, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announced last week.

Pate encouraged Iowans to vote by mail in the June 2 primary to reduce the risk of spread of COVID-19.

“The safety of voters while casting their ballots is our top priority,” Pate said in a news release. “The June 2 primary election will go on as scheduled because it’s important for Iowans to make their voices heard by voting. The safest way to vote will be by mail.”

The forms will include prepaid postage for return mailing to county auditors. Iowans can request absentee ballots now through May 22. County auditors begin mailing ballots on April 23. The secretary of state’s office announced last week that it was expanding the mail-in voting period for the June primary to 40 days....