Cedar Rapids Gazette: Democrats are seeking to overturn two Iowa district court rulings that invalidated at least 64,000 absentee ballot request forms in Linn and Woodbury counties. The Iowa Democratic Party and the Democratic Senate and House campaign committees filed petitions challenging the constitutionality of the secretary of state’s directive telling county auditors not to send registered voters absentee ballot request forms prefilled with their personal information, including their voter identification number. The Democrats also are challenging the secretary’s authority to issue the directive.