Bill Text: IA HF2049 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to voter identification for absent voters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-20 - Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 100. [HF2049 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF2049-Introduced.html
House
File
2049
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2049
BY
SALMON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
voter
identification
for
absent
voters.
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BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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2049
Section
1.
Section
53.17,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
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NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2A.
The
voter
shall
include
in
the
sealed
3
return
envelope
a
photocopy
of
a
document
sufficient
to
satisfy
4
the
voter
identification
requirements
of
section
49.78.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
53.23,
subsection
5,
Code
2022,
is
amended
6
to
read
as
follows:
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5.
The
special
precinct
election
board
shall
preserve
8
the
secrecy
of
all
absentee
and
provisional
ballots.
After
9
the
affidavits
on
the
envelopes
have
been
reviewed
and
the
10
qualifications
of
the
persons
casting
the
ballots
have
11
been
determined,
including
through
the
verification
of
the
12
included
voter
identification
document
as
provided
in
section
13
49.78,
those
that
have
been
accepted
for
counting
shall
be
14
opened.
The
ballots
shall
be
removed
from
the
affidavit
15
envelopes
or
return
envelopes
marked
with
the
affidavit,
as
16
applicable,
without
being
unfolded
or
examined,
and
then
shall
17
be
thoroughly
intermingled,
after
which
they
shall
be
unfolded
18
and
tabulated.
If
secrecy
folders
or
envelopes
are
used
with
19
provisional
paper
ballots,
the
ballots
shall
be
removed
from
20
the
secrecy
folders
after
the
ballots
have
been
intermingled.
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EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
relates
to
voter
identification
requirements
for
25
absent
voters.
The
bill
requires
an
absent
voter
who
returns
26
a
completed
absentee
ballot
to
the
commissioner’s
office,
by
27
mail,
or
to
a
ballot
drop
box
to
include
with
the
completed
28
ballot
a
photocopy
of
a
voter
identification
document
that
29
would
satisfy
the
voter
identification
requirements
for
a
voter
30
voting
in
person
on
election
day.
The
bill
also
requires
the
31
members
of
the
absentee
ballot
and
special
voters
precinct
32
board
to
verify
the
validity
of
the
identification
in
the
same
33
manner
as
a
precinct
election
official
verifying
the
identity
34
of
a
voter
voting
in
person
prior
to
counting
a
ballot.
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