More than a year ahead of the Feb. 3, 2020 presidential caucuses that could see historic turnout — powered by a sprawling field of candidates and a boiling anti-Trump sentiment — Iowa Democrats are racing to implement changes to the event. The party is searching for larger facilities, investing in new technology and pushing individual campaigns to create their own voter registration programs. “The floors are going to buckle,” said David Yepsen, a former longtime Des Moines Register political reporter, on the crowd sizes he anticipates. [Politico]
Topping the news: Marty Stephens, the principal lobbyist for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said Wednesday that the church is not opposed to legislative attempts to strengthen Utah’s hate crime law nor to extending the law to protect all targeted groups normally covered by such legislation.