Approximately 20 Jasper County Democrats marched from the VFW to the courthouse Thursday afternoon in honor of “Be the First Day,” the first day voters can cast an absentee ballot at the Jasper County Auditor’s Office.

During the march, State Rep. Dan Kelley talked about the Photo ID campaign conducted by Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz to require all Iowa voters to show a photo identification in order to vote.

“Secretary Schultz is trying to fix a problem that doesn’t exist,” Kelley said. “The law would disenfranchise 120,000 Iowa voters who don’t have a photo ID. We’ve got to do all we can to make sure our senior citizens have the ability to vote,” he added.