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House File 716 - EnrolledAn Actrelating to elections, including primary elections,
political party caucuses, updates to the statewide voter
registration system, and costs of preparing lists of voters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 43.75, Code 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
43.75 Tie vote.
1. In case of a tie vote resulting in no nomination for any
office, except for senator or representative in the general
assembly, the tie shall forthwith be determined by lot by the
board of canvassers.
2. In case of a tie vote resulting in no nomination for a
senator or representative in the general assembly, the party
precinct committee members whose precincts lie within the
senatorial or representative district involved shall select the
winning candidate from among the candidates having received the
equal and highest number of votes. The state party chairperson
shall convene or reconvene such party precinct committee
members as appropriate. The party’s state constitution
or bylaws may allow the voting strength of each precinct
represented at such a convention to be made proportionate
to the vote cast for the party’s candidate for the office
in question in the respective precincts at the last general
election for that office.
Sec. 2. Section 43.4, subsection 3, Code 2023, is amended
to read as follows:
3. When the rules of a political party require the selection
and reporting of delegates selected as part of the presidential
nominating process, or the rules of a political party require
the tabulation and reporting of the number of persons attending
the caucus favoring each presidential candidate, it is the
duty of a person designated as provided by the rules of that
political party to report the results of the precinct caucus
as directed by the state central committee of that political
party. When the person designated to report the results of
the precinct caucus reports the results, representatives of
each candidate, if they so choose, may accompany the person
as the results are being reported to assure that an accurate
report of the proceedings is reported. If ballots are used
-1-at the precinct caucus, representatives of each candidate or
other persons attending the precinct caucus may observe the
tabulation of the results of the balloting. If the state
central committee of a political party chooses to select its
delegates as a part of the presidential nominating process
at political party precinct caucuses on the date provided in
subsection 1, the precinct caucuses shall take place in person
among the participants physically present at the location of
each precinct caucus.
Sec. 3. Section 43.91, Code 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
43.91 Voter at caucus — qualifications.
1. Any person voting at a precinct caucus must be a person
who is or will by the date of the next general election become
an eligible elector, who has not already participated in the
caucus of any political party within the same year, and who is
a resident of the precinct. A list of the names and addresses
of each person to whom a ballot was delivered or who was
allowed to vote in each precinct caucus shall be prepared by
the caucus chairperson and secretary who shall certify such
list to the commissioner at the same time as the names of
those elected as delegates and party committee members are so
certified.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, the state central
committee of each political party may set rules for
participation in or voting at a precinct caucus, including but
not limited to voter registration requirements.
Sec. 4. Section 47.7, subsection 3, Code 2023, is amended by
striking the subsection.
Sec. 5. Section 48A.38, Code 2023, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 4. The registrar may adjust the cost of
preparation imposed pursuant to subsection 1 to reflect the
costs of processing a credit card payment by an amount not to
exceed the cost of processing the credit card payment.
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PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
AMY SINCLAIRPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 716, Ninetieth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2023______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorss/ns/mdss/ns
political party caucuses, updates to the statewide voter
registration system, and costs of preparing lists of voters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 43.75, Code 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
43.75 Tie vote.
1. In case of a tie vote resulting in no nomination for any
office, except for senator or representative in the general
assembly, the tie shall forthwith be determined by lot by the
board of canvassers.
2. In case of a tie vote resulting in no nomination for a
senator or representative in the general assembly, the party
precinct committee members whose precincts lie within the
senatorial or representative district involved shall select the
winning candidate from among the candidates having received the
equal and highest number of votes. The state party chairperson
shall convene or reconvene such party precinct committee
members as appropriate. The party’s state constitution
or bylaws may allow the voting strength of each precinct
represented at such a convention to be made proportionate
to the vote cast for the party’s candidate for the office
in question in the respective precincts at the last general
election for that office.
Sec. 2. Section 43.4, subsection 3, Code 2023, is amended
to read as follows:
3. When the rules of a political party require the selection
and reporting of delegates selected as part of the presidential
nominating process, or the rules of a political party require
the tabulation and reporting of the number of persons attending
the caucus favoring each presidential candidate, it is the
duty of a person designated as provided by the rules of that
political party to report the results of the precinct caucus
as directed by the state central committee of that political
party. When the person designated to report the results of
the precinct caucus reports the results, representatives of
each candidate, if they so choose, may accompany the person
as the results are being reported to assure that an accurate
report of the proceedings is reported. If ballots are used
-1-at the precinct caucus, representatives of each candidate or
other persons attending the precinct caucus may observe the
tabulation of the results of the balloting. If the state
central committee of a political party chooses to select its
delegates as a part of the presidential nominating process
at political party precinct caucuses on the date provided in
subsection 1, the precinct caucuses shall take place in person
among the participants physically present at the location of
each precinct caucus.
Sec. 3. Section 43.91, Code 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
43.91 Voter at caucus — qualifications.
1. Any person voting at a precinct caucus must be a person
who is or will by the date of the next general election become
an eligible elector, who has not already participated in the
caucus of any political party within the same year, and who is
a resident of the precinct. A list of the names and addresses
of each person to whom a ballot was delivered or who was
allowed to vote in each precinct caucus shall be prepared by
the caucus chairperson and secretary who shall certify such
list to the commissioner at the same time as the names of
those elected as delegates and party committee members are so
certified.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, the state central
committee of each political party may set rules for
participation in or voting at a precinct caucus, including but
not limited to voter registration requirements.
Sec. 4. Section 47.7, subsection 3, Code 2023, is amended by
striking the subsection.
Sec. 5. Section 48A.38, Code 2023, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION. 4. The registrar may adjust the cost of
preparation imposed pursuant to subsection 1 to reflect the
costs of processing a credit card payment by an amount not to
exceed the cost of processing the credit card payment.
-2-______________________________
PAT GRASSLEYSpeaker of the House______________________________
AMY SINCLAIRPresident of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 716, Ninetieth General Assembly.______________________________
MEGHAN NELSONChief Clerk of the HouseApproved _______________, 2023______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorss/ns/mdss/ns