Today's update on Early Voting in Iowa...

Overall still very good news:

First here are the numbers for the absentee ballot requests:

Dems 187,655 (47.47%)
Reps 119,434 (30.21%)
Inds 87,911 (22.24%)
Oth 353 (negligible)

TOTAL 395,353

Here are the new ballot requests since the last report:

Dems +6,629
Reps +7,557
Inds +4,944

Republicans held a pretty large lead in ballot requests the previous day, so this represents a narrowing.

And now, here are the numbers for actual ballots cast:

Dems 110,053 (53.33%)
Reps 57,341 (27.79%)
Inds 38,801 (18.80%)
Oth 148 (negligible)

TOTAL 206,343

Here are the ballots cast since the previous daily report:

Dems +8,440
Reps +7,309
Inds +4,072

This is most welcome news. In the previous daily report, new Democratic ballots cast outpaced Republican ones by only 600 votes.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/12/1143619/-Iowa-Early-Voting-Update-10-12-12