How can homeless people in Iowa vote on election day? [Video]

POLK COUNTY, Iowa — Over the past couple of weeks, Local 5 has gotten questions from the community on whether or not homeless people can vote in the upcoming election, as well as what documents they would need to vote.

According to the Secretary of State’s office, homeless people are eligible to vote in elections.

Just like everyone else, homeless people need to register to vote. Iowa requires that people register online or in-person by filling out a form with their name, date of birth, address, sex and political party affiliation.

Iowa does allow homeless people to list wherever they sleep, or a place they frequently return to, as their current address. That could be a homeless shelter, a park, a family member’s home or even somewhere else entirely.

Nonprofit Vision Leads has spent the last several weeks getting Polk County’s homeless population registered to vote.

“A lot of people don’t know that they can vote if they’re unhoused,” Shannon Brisbois, Vision Leads director of …