The cost to adopt Ranked Choice Voting in Iowa would not be significant because the voting equipment used in 95% of Iowa counties are already capable of conducting RCV elections.

Learn about Iowa’s RCV readiness assessment here: 

https://www.rcvresources.org/iowa-state-assessment

Compare Iowa’s RCV readiness to other states here: 

https://www.rcvresources.org/state-assessments

Learn more about voting systems manufacturers in the U.S. and their level of RCV readiness here: 

https://www.fairvote.org/voting_systems_and_rcv

A list of voting machines and systems used in Iowa: 

https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/covotesystem.pdf

Examples of manufacturers' brochures addressing their systems and RCV:

https://www.dominionvoting.com/download/rcv/?wpdmdl=67454&masterkey=5f1f590f2ec3b 

https://unisynvoting.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/OCS-Brochure-8-16-17.pdf