Bill Text: IA HF523 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the conduct of elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-01 - Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 452. [HF523 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF523-Introduced.html
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BY
MADISON
,
CROKEN
,
BUCK
,
BAGNIEWSKI
,
STECKMAN
,
ABDUL-SAMAD
,
KURTH
,
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
,
WILBURN
,
B.
MEYER
,
STAED
,
and
LEVIN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
conduct
of
elections.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
48A.27,
subsection
4,
paragraph
c,
1
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(2)
The
notice
shall
contain
a
statement
in
substantially
3
the
following
form:
4
Information
received
from
the
United
States
postal
service
5
indicates
that
you
are
no
longer
a
resident
of,
and
therefore
6
not
eligible
to
vote
in
(name
of
county)
County,
Iowa.
If
this
7
information
is
not
correct,
and
you
still
live
in
(name
of
8
county)
County,
please
complete
and
mail
the
attached
postage
9
paid
card
at
least
fifteen
days
before
any
election
at
which
10
you
wish
to
vote.
If
the
information
is
correct
and
you
have
11
moved,
please
contact
a
local
official
in
your
new
area
for
12
assistance
in
registering
there.
If
you
do
not
mail
in
the
13
card,
you
may
be
required
to
show
identification
before
being
14
allowed
to
vote
in
(name
of
county)
County.
If
you
do
not
15
return
the
card,
and
you
do
not
vote
in
an
election
in
(name
16
of
county)
County,
Iowa,
on
or
before
(date
of
second
general
17
election
following
the
date
of
the
notice)
your
name
will
be
18
removed
from
the
list
of
voters
in
that
county.
19
Sec.
2.
Section
48A.29,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
20
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
21
b.
The
notice
shall
contain
a
statement
in
substantially
the
22
following
form:
23
Information
received
from
the
United
States
postal
service
24
indicates
that
you
are
no
longer
a
resident
of
(residence
25
address)
in
(name
of
county)
County,
Iowa.
If
this
information
26
is
not
correct,
and
you
still
live
in
(name
of
county)
County,
27
please
complete
and
mail
the
attached
postage
paid
card
at
28
least
fifteen
days
before
any
election
at
which
you
wish
to
29
vote.
If
the
information
is
correct,
and
you
have
moved,
30
please
contact
a
local
official
in
your
new
area
for
assistance
31
in
registering
there.
If
you
do
not
mail
in
the
card,
you
may
32
be
required
to
show
identification
before
being
allowed
to
vote
33
in
(name
of
county)
County.
If
you
do
not
return
the
card,
and
34
you
do
not
vote
in
some
election
in
(name
of
county)
County,
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Iowa,
on
or
before
(date
of
second
general
election
following
1
the
date
of
the
notice)
your
name
will
be
removed
from
the
list
2
of
voters
in
that
county.
3
Sec.
3.
Section
48A.29,
subsection
3,
paragraph
b,
Code
4
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
5
b.
The
notice
shall
contain
a
statement
in
substantially
the
6
following
form:
7
Information
received
by
this
office
indicates
that
you
are
no
8
longer
a
resident
of
(residence
address)
in
(name
of
county)
9
County,
Iowa.
If
the
information
is
not
correct,
and
you
still
10
live
at
that
address,
please
complete
and
mail
the
attached
11
postage
paid
card
at
least
fifteen
days
before
any
election
at
12
which
you
wish
to
vote.
If
the
information
is
correct,
and
you
13
have
moved
within
the
county,
you
may
update
your
registration
14
by
listing
your
new
address
on
the
card
and
mailing
it
back.
15
If
you
have
moved
outside
the
county,
please
contact
a
local
16
official
in
your
new
area
for
assistance
in
registering
there.
17
If
you
do
not
mail
in
the
card,
you
may
be
required
to
show
18
identification
before
being
allowed
to
vote
in
(name
of
county)
19
County.
If
you
do
not
return
the
card,
and
you
do
not
vote
in
20
some
election
in
(name
of
county)
County,
Iowa,
on
or
before
21
(date
of
second
general
election
following
the
date
of
the
22
notice)
your
name
will
be
removed
from
the
list
of
registered
23
voters
in
that
county.
24
Sec.
4.
Section
48A.30,
subsection
1,
paragraph
g,
Code
25
2023,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
26
Sec.
5.
Section
48A.30,
subsection
2,
Code
2023,
is
amended
27
to
read
as
follows:
28
2.
When
a
registration
is
canceled
pursuant
to
subsection
29
1
,
paragraph
“d”
,
or
“e”
,
or
“g”
,
the
commissioner
shall
send
a
30
notice
of
the
cancellation
to
the
registered
voter.
31
Sec.
6.
Section
49.73,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
2023,
32
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
33
a.
All
polling
places
where
the
candidates
of
or
any
public
34
question
submitted
by
any
one
political
subdivision
are
being
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voted
upon
shall
be
opened
at
the
same
hour.
The
hours
at
which
1
the
respective
precinct
polling
places
are
to
open
shall
not
2
be
changed
after
publication
of
the
notice
required
by
section
3
49.53
.
The
polling
places
shall
be
closed
at
8:00
9:00
p.m.
4
for
all
elections.
5
Sec.
7.
Section
49.78,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
2023,
6
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraphs:
7
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(6)
A
social
security
card.
8
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(7)
A
birth
certificate.
9
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(8)
A
document
for
receiving
public
10
assistance.
11
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(9)
A
supplemental
nutrition
assistance
12
program
card.
13
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(10)
A
Medicare
or
Medicaid
card.
14
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(11)
A
hunting
or
fishing
license.
15
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(12)
A
university
or
college
16
identification
card.
17
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(13)
A
government
or
other
employer
18
identification
card.
19
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(14)
A
paycheck.
20
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(15)
A
debit
or
credit
card.
21
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(16)
A
utility
bill
in
print
or
22
electronic
format.
23
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(17)
Any
other
form
of
identification
24
approved
by
the
Iowa
state
association
of
county
auditors.
25
Sec.
8.
Section
53.8,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
unnumbered
26
paragraph
1,
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
27
Upon
receipt
of
an
application
for
an
absentee
ballot
28
and
immediately
after
the
absentee
ballots
are
printed,
but
29
not
more
than
twenty
forty
days
before
the
election,
the
30
commissioner
shall
mail
an
absentee
ballot
to
the
applicant
31
within
twenty-four
hours,
except
as
otherwise
provided
in
32
subsection
3
.
The
absentee
ballot
shall
be
sent
to
the
33
registered
voter
by
one
of
the
following
methods:
34
Sec.
9.
Section
53.8,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
2023,
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is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1
a.
The
commissioner
shall
enclose
with
the
absentee
ballot
2
a
statement
informing
the
applicant
that
the
sealed
return
3
envelope
may
be
mailed
to
the
commissioner
by
the
registered
4
voter
or
a
person
not
prohibited
to
collect
and
deliver
a
5
completed
ballot
pursuant
to
section
53.33
,
may
be
returned
to
6
a
drop
box
established
by
the
commissioner
pursuant
to
section
7
53.17,
subsection
1
,
by
the
registered
voter
or
a
person
not
8
prohibited
to
collect
and
deliver
a
completed
ballot
pursuant
9
to
section
53.33
,
only
if
the
commissioner
has
established
10
such
a
drop
box,
or
may
be
personally
delivered
to
the
11
commissioner’s
office
by
the
registered
voter
or
a
person
not
12
prohibited
to
collect
and
deliver
a
completed
ballot
pursuant
13
to
section
53.33
.
The
statement
shall
also
inform
the
voter
14
that
the
voter
may
request
must
require
that
the
person
not
15
prohibited
to
collect
and
deliver
a
completed
ballot
pursuant
16
to
section
53.33
complete
a
receipt
when
retrieving
the
ballot
17
from
the
voter.
A
blank
receipt
shall
be
enclosed
with
the
18
absentee
ballot.
19
Sec.
10.
Section
53.10,
subsection
1,
Code
2023,
is
amended
20
to
read
as
follows:
21
1.
Not
more
than
twenty
forty
days
before
the
date
of
the
22
primary
election
or
the
general
election,
the
commissioner
23
shall
provide
facilities
for
absentee
voting
in
person
at
the
24
commissioner’s
office.
This
service
shall
also
be
provided
25
for
other
elections
as
soon
as
the
ballots
are
ready,
but
in
26
no
case
shall
absentee
ballots
be
available
under
this
section
27
more
than
twenty
forty
days
before
an
election.
28
Sec.
11.
Section
53.11,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
a
and
b,
29
Code
2023,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
30
a.
Not
more
than
twenty
forty
days
before
the
date
of
31
an
election,
satellite
absentee
voting
stations
may
be
32
established
throughout
the
cities
and
county
at
the
direction
33
of
the
commissioner
and
shall
be
established
upon
receipt
34
of
a
petition
signed
by
not
less
than
one
hundred
eligible
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electors
requesting
that
a
satellite
absentee
voting
station
1
be
established
at
a
location
to
be
described
on
the
petition.
2
The
commissioner
shall
establish
a
satellite
absentee
voting
3
station
on
the
Saturday
before
an
election
at
a
public
building
4
where
members
of
the
public
commonly
gather.
However,
if
a
5
special
election
is
scheduled
in
the
county
on
a
date
that
6
falls
between
the
date
of
the
regular
city
election
and
the
7
date
of
the
city
runoff
election,
the
commissioner
is
not
8
required
to
establish
a
satellite
absentee
voting
station
for
9
the
city
runoff
election.
10
b.
A
satellite
absentee
voting
station
established
by
11
petition
must
be
open
at
least
one
day
for
a
minimum
of
six
12
hours
and
.
A
satellite
absentee
voting
station
established
at
13
the
direction
of
the
commissioner
or
by
petition
may
remain
14
open
until
5:00
p.m.
on
the
day
before
the
election.
15
Sec.
12.
Section
53.17,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
16
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
17
b.
The
sealed
return
envelope
may
be
mailed
to
the
18
commissioner
by
the
registered
voter
or
by
the
voter’s
19
designee.
If
mailed
by
the
voter’s
designee,
the
envelope
must
20
be
mailed
within
seventy-two
hours
of
retrieving
it
from
the
21
voter
or
within
time
to
have
the
postal
service
barcode
traced
22
to
a
date
of
entry
into
the
federal
mail
system
not
later
than
23
the
day
before
the
election,
as
provided
in
section
53.17A,
24
whichever
is
earlier
.
25
Sec.
13.
Section
53.17,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
26
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
27
(1)
A
commissioner
shall
not
may
establish
more
than
one
28
ballot
drop
box,
which
shall
be
located
at
the
office
of
29
the
commissioner,
or
on
property
owned
and
maintained
by
the
30
county
that
directly
surrounds
the
building
where
the
office
31
is
located.
For
the
purposes
of
this
subparagraph,
“office
of
32
the
commissioner”
means
a
location
where
a
voter
may
receive
33
services
pursuant
to
section
48A.17
,
50.20
,
53.10
,
or
53.18
any
34
number
of
ballot
drop
boxes,
except
that
a
commissioner
in
a
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county
with
a
population
of
at
twenty-five
thousand
or
more
1
shall
establish
at
least
one
ballot
drop
box
per
twenty-five
2
thousand
people
.
3
Sec.
14.
Section
53.17,
subsection
2,
Code
2023,
is
amended
4
to
read
as
follows:
5
2.
In
order
for
the
ballot
to
be
counted,
the
return
6
envelope
must
be
received
in
the
commissioner’s
office
before
7
the
polls
close
on
election
day
or
bear
a
postal
service
8
barcode
traceable
to
a
date
of
entry
into
the
federal
mail
9
system
not
later
than
the
day
before
the
election,
as
provided
10
in
section
53.17A,
and
received
by
the
commissioner
not
later
11
than
noon
on
the
Monday
following
the
election
.
12
Sec.
15.
Section
53.17,
subsection
4,
unnumbered
paragraph
13
1,
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
14
When
a
person
designated
by
the
voter
retrieves
a
completed
15
absentee
ballot
from
the
voter,
the
designee
shall
,
upon
16
request
of
the
voter,
fill
out
a
receipt
to
be
retained
by
17
the
voter.
The
state
commissioner
shall
prescribe
a
form
18
for
receipts
required
by
this
subsection
.
The
receipt
shall
19
include
all
of
the
following:
20
Sec.
16.
Section
53.17,
subsection
4,
paragraph
f,
Code
21
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
22
f.
A
statement
that
the
completed
absentee
ballot
will
23
be
delivered
to
the
commissioner’s
office
within
seventy-two
24
hours
of
retrieving
it
from
the
voter
or
before
the
closing
of
25
the
polls
on
election
day,
whichever
is
earlier,
or
that
the
26
completed
absentee
ballot
will
be
mailed
to
the
commissioner
27
within
seventy-two
hours
of
retrieving
it
from
the
voter
or
28
within
time
to
have
the
postal
service
barcode
traced
to
a
date
29
of
entry
into
the
federal
mail
system
not
later
than
the
day
30
before
the
election,
as
provided
in
section
53.17A,
whichever
31
is
earlier
.
32
Sec.
17.
Section
53.33,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
33
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
34
a.
“Delivery
agent”
means
an
individual
registered
to
vote
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in
this
state
who
has
been
designated
to
return
a
completed
1
absentee
ballot
to
the
commissioner
by
another
a
registered
2
voter
who
is
unable
to
return
the
registered
voter’s
own
3
absentee
ballot
due
to
reason
of
blindness
or
other
disability
.
4
“Delivery
agent”
does
not
include
the
registered
voter’s
5
employer,
an
agent
of
the
registered
voter’s
employer,
an
6
officer
or
agent
of
the
registered
voter’s
union,
or
a
person
7
acting
as
an
actual
or
implied
agent
for
a
political
party
8
as
defined
in
section
43.2
,
or
a
candidate
or
committee,
as
9
defined
in
section
68A.102
.
10
Sec.
18.
Section
53.33,
subsections
2
and
3,
Code
2023,
are
11
amended
to
read
as
follows:
12
2.
No
person
other
than
the
registered
voter,
an
individual
13
who
lives
in
the
same
household
as
the
registered
voter,
an
14
immediate
family
member
of
the
registered
voter,
an
individual
15
acting
in
accordance
with
section
53.22
,
or
a
delivery
agent
16
acting
on
behalf
of
a
registered
voter
who
is
unable
to
return
17
the
registered
voter’s
own
ballot
due
to
reason
of
blindness
or
18
other
disability,
shall
collect
and
return
a
completed
absentee
19
ballot.
20
3.
A
registered
voter
who
is
unable
to
return
the
registered
21
voter’s
own
completed
absentee
ballot
due
to
reason
of
22
blindness
or
any
physical
disability
other
than
intoxication
23
may
designate
a
delivery
agent
to
return
the
registered
voter’s
24
completed
absentee
ballot.
The
registered
voter
shall
complete
25
and
sign
a
designation
of
delivery
agent
form
prescribed
by
the
26
state
commissioner
prior
to
surrendering
a
ballot
to
a
delivery
27
agent.
28
Sec.
19.
Section
53.33,
subsections
4,
6,
and
7,
Code
2023,
29
are
amended
by
striking
the
subsections.
30
Sec.
20.
NEW
SECTION
.
914.8
Restoration
of
rights
to
vote
31
and
hold
office.
32
1.
The
governor
shall
immediately
restore
the
rights
to
33
vote
and
hold
office
to
a
person
who
forfeited
those
rights
34
by
conviction
of
an
infamous
crime,
except
for
a
violation
of
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707,
and
who
has
discharged
the
person’s
sentence
for
1
all
infamous
crimes
of
which
the
person
was
convicted.
2
2.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
a
person
has
3
discharged
the
person’s
sentence
upon
completion
of
any
term
4
of
confinement,
parole,
probation,
or
other
supervised
release
5
and
the
completion
of
any
special
sentence
imposed
pursuant
to
6
chapter
903B.
7
3.
This
section
does
not
prohibit
a
person
from
submitting
8
an
application
for
the
restoration
of
the
rights
of
citizenship
9
pursuant
to
section
914.2.
10
EXPLANATION
11
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
12
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
13
This
bill
relates
to
the
conduct
of
elections.
The
bill
14
strikes
a
provision
canceling
a
voter’s
voter
registration
15
if
the
voter
has
been
marked
inactive
and
not
voted
in
two
16
consecutive
general
elections.
The
bill
changes
the
closing
17
time
of
the
polls
for
all
elections
from
8:00
p.m.
to
9:00
p.m.
18
and
adds
documents
to
the
list
of
documents
that
may
be
used
19
by
a
voter
to
establish
the
voter’s
identity
when
casting
a
20
ballot.
21
The
bill
changes
the
first
day
on
which
absentee
ballots
22
may
be
cast
from
20
days
before
an
election
to
40
days
before
23
an
election.
The
bill
allows
an
absentee
voter
to
designate
24
any
person
to
return
an
absentee
ballot
on
behalf
of
the
voter
25
so
long
as
the
voter
requires
the
person
to
leave
a
receipt
26
with
the
voter.
The
bill
strikes
various
provisions
relating
27
to
a
delivery
agent
for
a
voter’s
absentee
ballot,
including
28
the
limit
on
the
number
of
ballots
returned,
the
requirement
29
to
deliver
in
person,
and
the
requirement
to
sign
a
statement
30
under
penalty
of
perjury.
The
bill
does
not
strike
the
31
prohibition
on
a
candidate
returning
an
absentee
ballot
on
32
behalf
of
a
voter.
33
The
bill
allows
a
county
commissioner
of
elections
to
34
establish
absentee
voting
stations
without
first
receiving
a
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petition
and
requires
a
county
commissioner
of
elections
to
1
establish
an
absentee
voting
station
on
the
Saturday
before
2
an
election
at
a
public
building
where
members
of
the
public
3
commonly
gather.
The
bill
also
allows
a
county
commissioner
4
of
elections
to
establish
any
number
of
absentee
ballot
drop
5
boxes,
except
that
a
county
commissioner
of
elections
in
a
6
county
with
a
population
of
at
least
25,000
must
establish
at
7
least
one
absentee
ballot
drop
box
per
25,000
people.
8
The
bill
changes
the
deadline
by
which
an
absentee
ballot
9
must
be
received
in
the
office
of
the
county
commissioner
of
10
elections
from
the
time
the
polls
close
on
election
day
to
noon
11
on
the
Monday
following
the
election,
provided
that
an
absentee
12
ballot
received
after
the
time
the
polls
close
bears
a
postal
13
service
barcode
traced
to
a
date
of
entry
into
the
federal
mail
14
system
not
later
than
the
day
before
the
election.
15
The
bill
requires
the
governor
to
immediately
restore
the
16
rights
to
vote
and
hold
office
to
a
person
who
forfeited
17
those
rights
by
conviction
of
an
infamous
crime,
except
for
a
18
violation
of
Code
chapter
707
(homicide
and
related
crimes),
19
and
who
has
discharged
the
person’s
sentence
for
all
infamous
20
crimes
of
which
the
person
was
convicted.
A
person
has
21
discharged
a
person’s
sentence
upon
completion
of
any
term
of
22
confinement,
parole,
probation,
or
other
supervised
release
23
and
the
completion
of
any
special
sentence
imposed
pursuant
24
to
Code
chapter
903B
(sex
offender
special
sentencing
and
25
hormone
treatment).
The
bill
does
not
prohibit
a
person
from
26
submitting
an
application
for
the
restoration
of
citizenship
27
rights.
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