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Every event recorded in Iowa between 2008 and 2024, the themes they fall under, and everything published about the state.

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When the record thickens

Iowa has events in 16 of the 17 years covered, with the most in 2020. In the finished database this curve is the first thing a reporter checks against the year they are writing about.

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The events

Recorded in Iowa

Sample democratic erosion events recorded in Iowa, most recent first.
Date	Category	Theme
Oct 17, 2024	Surveillance of advocacy groupsCivil society and protest	Civil society and protest
Jul 5, 2024	Redistricting process irregularityLegislative checks	Legislative checks
Jun 20, 2024	Mail ballot restrictionVoting rights and access	Voting rights and access
Feb 27, 2024	Surveillance of advocacy groupsCivil society and protest	Civil society and protest
Feb 3, 2024	Redistricting process irregularityLegislative checks	Legislative checks
Jan 14, 2024	Post-election audit irregularityElection administration	Election administration
Nov 28, 2023	Legal action over published reportingPress freedom	Press freedom
Feb 13, 2023	Voter roll purgeVoting rights and access	Voting rights and access
Jun 21, 2022	Voter roll purgeVoting rights and access	Voting rights and access
Jun 13, 2022	Election official removal or replacementElection administration	Election administration
May 17, 2022	Certification interferenceElection administration	Election administration
Apr 5, 2022	Court jurisdiction strippingJudicial independence	Judicial independence
Feb 9, 2022	Surveillance of advocacy groupsCivil society and protest	Civil society and protest
Nov 11, 2021	Election official removal or replacementElection administration	Election administration
Sep 28, 2021	Redistricting process irregularityLegislative checks	Legislative checks
Aug 22, 2021	Judicial budget retaliationJudicial independence	Judicial independence
Aug 21, 2021	Agency leadership purgeExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
Aug 18, 2021	Preemption of oversight authorityLegislative checks	Legislative checks
Jun 24, 2021	Unilateral rule by executive orderExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
May 12, 2021	Judicial budget retaliationJudicial independence	Judicial independence
Jan 12, 2021	Certification interferenceElection administration	Election administration
Dec 25, 2020	Court jurisdiction strippingJudicial independence	Judicial independence
Nov 3, 2020	Public records law narrowingPublic information and transparency	Public information and transparency
Oct 22, 2020	Nonprofit registration burdenCivil society and protest	Civil society and protest
Jul 12, 2020	Non-compliance with a court orderJudicial independence	Judicial independence
Jul 2, 2020	Journalist access restrictionPress freedom	Press freedom
May 8, 2020	Election official removal or replacementElection administration	Election administration
Apr 26, 2020	Polling place closure or relocationElection administration	Election administration
Apr 11, 2020	Refusal to enforce an enacted lawExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
Mar 9, 2020	Nonprofit registration burdenCivil society and protest	Civil society and protest
Nov 9, 2019	Agency leadership purgeExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
Jul 19, 2019	Public data collection discontinuedPublic information and transparency	Public information and transparency
Jun 22, 2019	Non-compliance with a court orderJudicial independence	Judicial independence
May 22, 2019	Unilateral rule by executive orderExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
May 2, 2019	Polling place closure or relocationElection administration	Election administration
Mar 19, 2019	Judicial budget retaliationJudicial independence	Judicial independence
Jan 25, 2019	Public broadcaster interferencePress freedom	Press freedom
Jan 16, 2019	Nonprofit registration burdenCivil society and protest	Civil society and protest
Oct 24, 2018	Certification interferenceElection administration	Election administration
Sep 5, 2018	Legislative session curtailmentLegislative checks	Legislative checks
Aug 16, 2018	Voter roll purgeVoting rights and access	Voting rights and access
Jan 10, 2018	Retaliatory records denialPress freedom	Press freedom
Sep 13, 2017	Confirmation process bypassExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
Aug 20, 2017	Confirmation process bypassExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
Aug 4, 2017	Nonprofit registration burdenCivil society and protest	Civil society and protest
Dec 15, 2016	Anti-protest penalty escalationCivil society and protest	Civil society and protest
Oct 3, 2016	Local official removal by the stateLocal government autonomy	Local government autonomy
Jun 23, 2016	Preemption of oversight authorityLegislative checks	Legislative checks
Mar 13, 2016	Certification interferenceElection administration	Election administration
Feb 7, 2016	Confirmation process bypassExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
Sep 26, 2015	Unilateral rule by executive orderExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
Jul 5, 2015	Court jurisdiction strippingJudicial independence	Judicial independence
Sep 8, 2014	Voter roll purgeVoting rights and access	Voting rights and access
Aug 28, 2014	Refusal to enforce an enacted lawExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
Aug 21, 2014	Redistricting process irregularityLegislative checks	Legislative checks
Aug 6, 2014	Local official removal by the stateLocal government autonomy	Local government autonomy
Dec 5, 2013	Registration deadline changeVoting rights and access	Voting rights and access
Oct 21, 2013	Court jurisdiction strippingJudicial independence	Judicial independence
May 17, 2013	Preemption of oversight authorityLegislative checks	Legislative checks
May 7, 2013	Mail ballot restrictionVoting rights and access	Voting rights and access
Apr 5, 2013	Open meeting notice non-compliancePublic information and transparency	Public information and transparency
Dec 17, 2012	Mail ballot restrictionVoting rights and access	Voting rights and access
Sep 10, 2012	Journalist access restrictionPress freedom	Press freedom
May 17, 2012	Public broadcaster interferencePress freedom	Press freedom
May 14, 2010	Court jurisdiction strippingJudicial independence	Judicial independence
Apr 15, 2010	Certification interferenceElection administration	Election administration
Feb 2, 2010	Certification interferenceElection administration	Election administration
Oct 3, 2009	Open meeting notice non-compliancePublic information and transparency	Public information and transparency
Jun 21, 2009	Open meeting notice non-compliancePublic information and transparency	Public information and transparency
May 11, 2009	Certification interferenceElection administration	Election administration
May 10, 2009	Voter roll purgeVoting rights and access	Voting rights and access
Apr 8, 2009	Judicial budget retaliationJudicial independence	Judicial independence
Mar 26, 2009	Mail ballot restrictionVoting rights and access	Voting rights and access
Jan 10, 2009	State preemption of a local ordinanceLocal government autonomy	Local government autonomy
Dec 25, 2008	Unilateral rule by executive orderExecutive overreach	Executive overreach
Sep 20, 2008	Mail ballot restrictionVoting rights and access	Voting rights and access
May 3, 2008	Court jurisdiction strippingJudicial independence	Judicial independence
Apr 23, 2008	Nonprofit registration burdenCivil society and protest	Civil society and protest
Jan 23, 2008	Legal action over published reportingPress freedom	Press freedom

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