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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 49.13, Code 1999, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection. 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. The commissioner may appoint high 1 4 school students who are not yet qualified to be registered 1 5 voters to serve as precinct election board members. 1 6 a. To qualify to serve as a precinct election board 1 7 member, a high school student shall: 1 8 (1) Be a United States citizen. 1 9 (2) Be a junior or senior in good standing enrolled in a 1 10 public or private secondary school in Iowa. 1 11 (3) Have a cumulative grade point average equivalent to at 1 12 least 2.0 on a 4.0 scale. 1 13 (4) At the time of appointment, have the written approval 1 14 of the principal of the secondary school the student attends. 1 15 (5) Have the written approval of the student's parent or 1 16 legal guardian. 1 17 (6) Have satisfactorily completed the training course for 1 18 election officials. 1 19 (7) Meet all other qualifications for appointment and 1 20 service as an election board member except the requirement of 1 21 being a registered voter. 1 22 b. No more than one student precinct election board member 1 23 may serve on each precinct election board. 1 24 c. Student precinct election board members shall not serve 1 25 as the chairperson of a precinct election board. 1 26 d. Before serving, the student election precinct board 1 27 member must certify in writing to the commissioner the 1 28 political party with which the student is affiliated. 1 29 e. Student precinct election board members shall not be 1 30 counted as absent from school on the day they serve as 1 31 election officials. 1 32 f. Student precinct election board members shall not be 1 33 allowed to work more hours than allowed under the applicable 1 34 labor laws. 1 35 Sec. 2. Section 49.15, Code 1999, is amended by adding the 2 1 following new unnumbered paragraph: 2 2 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. In drawing up precinct election 2 3 board panels, the commissioner may use student precinct 2 4 election board members pursuant to section 49.13, subsection 2 5 5. 2 6 Sec. 3. Section 49.84, Code 1999, is amended by adding the 2 7 following new unnumbered paragraph: 2 8 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. This section does not prohibit a 2 9 voter from taking the voter's minor children into the voting 2 10 booth with the voter. 2 11 Sec. 4. Section 49.88, Code 1999, is amended by adding the 2 12 following new unnumbered paragraph: 2 13 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. This section does not prohibit a 2 14 voter from taking the voter's minor children into the voting 2 15 booth with the voter. 2 16 EXPLANATION 2 17 This bill makes several changes to the law relating to 2 18 participation in the electoral process by high school students 2 19 and minor children of voters. 2 20 Code sections 49.13 and 49.15 are amended to allow high 2 21 school juniors and seniors who are not yet qualified to be 2 22 registered voters to be appointed as precinct election board 2 23 members if they meet certain statutory requirements. 2 24 Code sections 49.84 and 49.88 are amended to allow minor 2 25 children to accompany their parents into the voting booth. 2 26 LSB 5277DP 78 2 27 sc/as/5
Text: HSB00582 Text: HSB00584 Text: HSB00500 - HSB00599 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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