Here are the latest early voting numbers from Iowa.
Absentee ballots requested:
Dems 142,864 (57.77%)
Reps 50,319 (20.35%)
Ind 53,923 (21.80%)
Oth 206 (negligible)
TOTAL: 247,312
Absentee ballots returned:
Dems 27,532 (62.78%)
Reps 8,822 (20.12%)
Ind 7,463 (17.02%)
Oth 39 (negligible)
TOTAL: 43,856
The bad news is that Republicans are indeed beginning to catch up with Democrats in requesting absentee ballots. The change from the last report was Dems +8,275, Reps +12,775.
The good news is that Democrats returned their ballots with a greater frequency than Republicans since the last report. The change from the last report was Dems +12,573, Reps +3,613. This is a more important statistic overall.
In any case, here is a link to the full report:
http://sos.iowa.gov/...