Iowa Republican Secy of State botches strict scrutiny constitutional amendment for RKBA

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Looks like he handed an early victory over future RKBA adjudication to state Democrats.
"Bureaucratic oversight" derails gun-rights amendment to Iowa Constitution
Iowa's top elections official acknowledged Monday that his office mistakenly derailed a long-sought plan to grant residents more expansive gun rights by forgetting to notify the public of the proposed constitutional amendment, as required. Secretary of State Paul Pate cited a "bureaucratic oversight" for his office's failure to publish notice of the proposed amendment in newspapers before the November election, as required by the Iowa Constitution.

The mistake means supporters likely will have to restart the lengthy process for amending the state constitution and that the earliest the measure could be voted on in a statewide referendum would 2022, instead of 2020. The plan likely would be blocked if Democrats gain control of either legislative chamber before then.
Iowa's Republican-controlled General Assembly voted last spring to approve a resolution to amend the state constitution to declare that the "right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." The amendment would require any restrictions on that right to be subject to "strict scrutiny," a stringent standard for judicial review.

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