Iowa House Representative wants to make sure that other states don’t persuade Iowa when it comes to deciding on letting convicted felons run for office.

The first funnel week in the House concluded about two weeks ago, with a bill that proceeded through that would ban ballot drop boxes, allowing convicted felons to run for federal office. Iowa Representative David Young observes that several states are passing laws preventing convicted felons to run for office. While he recognizes this, he doesn’t want those decisions to pollute Iowa’s mindset.

“In Iowa, if somebody’s doesn’t like someone’s background or if that were to happen if someone has a criminal record, they still can vote yay or nay on them. They should still have that choice, but we don’t want other states, in what they do in their judicial system and with their elections, deciding for Iowa what we’re going to do here. We’re going to figure it out ourselves.”

Young elaborates that he believes in Iowa’s ability to make that choice without the persuasion of other states. He emphasizes that every state has the authority to manage their own elections in the way they see best fit.