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(Des Moines, IA) -- Wednesday is the first day of early voting for the 2022 Iowa primaries. The primaries are on June 7 but Iowa residents are able to vote early starting Wednesday, May 18. Any state resident that will be 18-years-old by the November election is able to vote early in the primaries by mail or at their county auditor’s office. Absentee ballots to vote by mail must be requested by May 23. All mailed ballots must arrive by the time polls close on election day to be counted because of an election regulation law passed by the Iowa legislature last year.