As early voting began in Iowa Wednesday, candidates and voters expressed enthusiasm about polls opening for the general election and encouraged others to make plans to vote. Iowans were lined up all the way down the block waiting to enter the Polk County election office in Des Moines just before 8 a.

Busy on Election Day, but still want the experience of in-person voting? Iowa's in-person absentee voting allows voters to fill out and turn in ballots before Election Day at designated locations as opposed to sending them in the mail.