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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU SHOW UP. THE IOWA CAUCUS WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY AT 7 P.M. AT INDIVIDUAL PRECINCT LOCATIONS IN ALL 99 COUNTIES OF IOWA. ANYONE WILL BE 18 BY ELECTION DAY. THAT’S NOVEMBER FIFTH. CAN CAUCUS. THE EVENTS ARE RUN BY THE STATE PARTY, SO REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS HOLD SEPARATE CAUCUSES FOR THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUSES, IOWANS WILL BE CHOOSING WHICH CANDIDATE THEY WANT AS PRESIDENT AND REMEMBER, CAUCUS LOCATIONS ARE DIFFERENT THAN POLLING PLACES TO KNOW WHERE TO GO. YOU’LL FIRST NEED TO FIND YOUR PRECINCT. GO TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S WEBSITE AND TYPE IN YOUR ADDRESS TO FIND YOUR PRECINCT. NEXT, IF YOU’RE A REPUBLICAN, GO TO IOWA GOP. ORG IF YOU’RE A DEMOCRAT, GO TO IOWA DEMOCRATS. ORG SLASH CAUCUS. LOOK FOR YOUR COUNTY AND PRECINCT NAME TO FIND YOUR CAUCUS LOCATION. NOW, CAUCUSES START RIGHT AT 7 P.M., SO MAKE SURE TO ARRIVE EARLY IF YOU’RE A REPUBLICAN, REMEMBER TO BRING A VALID FORM OF ID WITH YOU. THEY CAN BE IN ANY OF THE FORMS LISTED ON YOUR SCREEN LIKE A DRIVER’S LICENSE OR MILITARY ID YOU’LL ALSO NEED TO BE A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GOP CAUCUS. YOU CAN REGISTER ON CAUCUS NIGHT, BUT YOU’LL NEED TO BRING A VALID FORM OF ID AND A PROOF OF ADDRESS THAT COULD BE THINGS LIKE A UTILITY BILL, PAYCHECK, OR A PROPERTY TAX STATEMENT. NOW, ONCE THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUSES START, PEOPLE WILL GIVE SPEECHES ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AFTER. THAT, VOTING IS DONE BY SECRET BALLOT, AND THERE’S NO SET LIST OF CANDIDATES. TYPICALLY, VOTERS WRITE DOWN WHO THEY WANT FOR PRESIDENT ON A BLANK SLIP OF PAPER. AFTER CASTING YOUR VOTE FOR PRESIDENT, MEMBERS WILL BE ELECTED TO SERVE ON YOUR LOCAL COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE. DELEGATES WILL BE SELECTED FOR YOUR COUNTY PARTY CONVENTION, AND THEN THEY’LL BE DISCUSSION ABOUT SHAPING PARTY PLATFORMS. SOME SMALLER CAUCUSES MIGHT TAKE ABOUT AN HOUR OR TWO, CAUCUSING AT LARGER LOCATIONS COULD TAKE LONGER. NOW, DEMOCRATS WILL ALSO HOLD IN-PERSON CAUCUSES. ALSO AT 7 P.M. ON MONDAY, BUT IT WILL ONLY BE TO TALK ABOUT TRADITIONAL PARTY BUSINESS. IOWA DEMOCRATS WILL CHOOSE WHO THEY WANT FOR PRESIDENT BY MAILING IN A PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE CARD. YOU CAN REQUEST A CARD ON THE IOWA DEMOCRATS WEBSITE IN STUDIO AMAN