14 Facts About Matt Schultz

Matt Schultz was born on July 23,1979 and is an American Republican politician who served as Iowa Secretary of State.

Matt Schultz is an Eagle Scout, and is active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Matt Schultz served a two-year mission for the church in Argentina.

Matt Schultz was elected to public office in 2005 as a city councilman in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he served for five years.

Matt Schultz was elected to the position of Secretary of State in 2010, and was the youngest secretary of state in the country.

Matt Schultz worked to ease the voting process for active members of the military from Iowa.

On July 20,2012 Matt Schultz approved two emergency voter fraud rules that would allow him to challenge the registration of voters if their names are similar to names found on state and federal lists of foreign nationals and approved a rule allowing people to file complaints of voter fraud without oaths via e-mail.

On January 22,2014, Matt Schultz announced charges in nine additional voter fraud cases.

Matt Schultz initiated the Rock Iowa program which partners with the national Rock the Vote organization to educate high school seniors about the electoral process and encourage them to register to vote.

Matt Schultz said a voter ID requirement was "common sense" and necessary to prevent voter fraud.

Iowa Senate Democrats blocked the legislation, and The Gazette, an eastern Iowa newspaper reported, "Matt Schultz has turned a reasonable, principled position into a political sideshow".

On January 9,2014, Matt Schultz announced he would be a candidate for the US House of Representatives.

Matt Schultz ran to represent Iowa's 3rd congressional district, after the announcement by Congressman Tom Latham that he would be retiring from Congress in 2014.

Matt Schultz finished third in the primary; receiving less than one fifth of total votes cast, and endorsed would be candidate David Young at convention.