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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 48A.34, Code 1999, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 48A.34 CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN RECORDS. 1 4 1. Voter registration records are available for public 1 5 inspection at reasonable times at the office of the county 1 6 commissioner. The commissioner and any voter registration 1 7 agency which has custody of voter registration records shall 1 8 take the necessary steps to ensure that the name of the agency 1 9 at which the voter registration form was submitted remains 1 10 confidential. 1 11 2. A person may request that the person's voter 1 12 registration record be kept confidential by submitting a 1 13 written request and a copy of a civil or criminal restraining 1 14 order or order for protection, naming the person or a member 1 15 of the person's household as plaintiff, to the county auditor 1 16 of the county in which the person resides. Upon receiving 1 17 such a request, the county auditor shall keep the person's 1 18 voter registration record confidential and shall not disclose 1 19 it as a public record. 1 20 3. A person may file a request in the district court of 1 21 that person's county of residence for an order requiring the 1 22 person's voter registration information to be kept 1 23 confidential. The request may be made on a form prepared by 1 24 the secretary of state. The form shall be available in all 1 25 county auditor offices. 1 26 The person shall include in the request an affidavit 1 27 stating the reasons the person believes the person's life or 1 28 safety or the life or safety of a member of the person's 1 29 household is in danger, and shall attach supporting 1 30 documentation, which may include but is not limited to: 1 31 a. A statement or report from a law enforcement agency, 1 32 medical professional, mental health professional, or domestic 1 33 violence shelter. 1 34 b. Witness statements regarding the incidents that cause 1 35 the person to believe the person's life or safety or the life 2 1 or safety of a member of the person's household is in danger. 2 2 Upon good cause shown in the request, affidavit, and 2 3 supporting documentation that the person believes the person's 2 4 life or safety or the life or safety of a member of the 2 5 person's household is in danger, the court shall order the 2 6 person's voter registration information to be kept 2 7 confidential. A copy of the order shall be mailed by the 2 8 clerk of the district court to the county auditor where the 2 9 person's voter registration record is maintained. 2 10 EXPLANATION 2 11 Iowa law allows all voter registration records to be 2 12 accessed by any member of the public. This bill creates two 2 13 methods by which a person may request confidentiality of the 2 14 person's voter registration information. The first process 2 15 allows the person to present to the county auditor of the 2 16 county in which the person resides a copy of a civil or 2 17 criminal restraining order or order for protection involving 2 18 the person or a member of the person's household. Upon the 2 19 person's request and presentation of such order to the county 2 20 auditor, the county auditor shall require the person's voter 2 21 registration record to be kept confidential. 2 22 The second process allows a person to file a request with 2 23 the district court in the county of the person's residence to 2 24 require the person's voter registration information be kept 2 25 confidential. The request shall include an affidavit stating 2 26 the person believes the person's life or safety or the life or 2 27 safety of a member of the person's household is in danger and 2 28 supporting documentation. The bill provides that supporting 2 29 documentation includes, but is not limited to, reports or 2 30 statements from law enforcement, a medical professional, a 2 31 mental health professional, or a domestic violence shelter, 2 32 and witness statements regarding the incidents that result in 2 33 the person's belief. The court shall order the person's voter 2 34 registration record be kept confidential upon showing of good 2 35 cause. 3 1 LSB 1277DP 78 3 2 sc/gg/8
Text: HSB00067 Text: HSB00069 Text: HSB00000 - HSB00099 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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