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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 48A.11, subsection 1, Code 2001, is 1 2 amended by adding the following new paragraph after paragraph 1 3 e: 1 4 NEW PARAGRAPH. ee. The last four numerals of the social 1 5 security number of the registrant (mandatory to provide). 1 6 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 48A.11A REGISTRATION IDENTIFICATION 1 7 NUMBER. 1 8 Each person registered to vote in this state shall be 1 9 assigned a registration identification number which shall be a 1 10 twelve-digit number comprised of the month, day, and year of 1 11 the registrant's date of birth and the last four numerals of 1 12 the registrant's social security number. 1 13 Sec. 3. Section 48A.26, subsection 2, Code 2001, is 1 14 amended to read as follows: 1 15 2. If the registration form appears on its face to be 1 16 complete and proper, the acknowledgment shall state that the 1 17 registrant is now a registered voter of the county. The 1 18 acknowledgement shall contain the registrant's registration 1 19 identification number. The acknowledgment shall also specify 1 20 the name of the precinct and the usual polling place for the 1 21 precinct in which the person is now registered. The 1 22 acknowledgment may include the political party affiliation 1 23 most recently recorded by the registrant. 1 24 Sec. 4. Section 48A.30, subsection 1, paragraphs d and e, 1 25 Code 2001, are amended to read as follows: 1 26 d. The clerk of the district court, or the United States 1 27 attorney, or the state registrar sends notice of the 1 28 registered voter's conviction of a felony as defined in 1 29 section 701.7, or conviction of an offense classified as a 1 30 felony under federal law. The clerk of the district court 1 31 shall monthly sendnoticea list ofafelonyconviction1 32 convictions during the preceding calendar month to the state 1 33 registrar of voters. The registrar shall determine in which 1 34 countytheeach listed felon is registered to vote, if any, 1 35 and shall notify the county commissioner of registration for 2 1 that county of the felony conviction. 2 2 e. The clerk of the district court or the state registrar 2 3 sends notice that the registered voter has been declared a 2 4 person who is mentally incompetent to vote under state law. 2 5 The clerk of the district court shall monthly send a list of 2 6 such declarations adjudicated in the previous calendar month 2 7 to the state registrar of voters. The registrar shall 2 8 determine in which county each listed person is registered to 2 9 vote, if any, and shall notify the county commissioner of 2 10 registration for that county of the declaration. 2 11 Sec. 5. Section 48A.31, Code 2001, is amended to read as 2 12 follows: 2 13 48A.31 DECEASED PERSONS RECORD. 2 14 The state registrar of vital statistics shall transmit or 2 15 cause to be transmitted to the state registrar of voters, once 2 16 eachcalendar quartermonth, a certified list of all persons 2 17 seventeen and one-half years of age and older in the state 2 18 whose deaths have been reported to the records and statistics 2 19 division of the Iowa department of public health since the 2 20 previous list of decedents was certified to the state 2 21 registrar of voters. The list shall be submitted according to 2 22 the specifications of the state registrar of voters, who shall 2 23 determine whether each listed decedent was registered to vote 2 24 in this state. If the decedent was registered in a county 2 25 which uses its own data processing facilities for voter 2 26 registration recordkeeping, the registrar shall notify the 2 27 commissioner in that county who shall cancel the decedent's 2 28 registration. If the decedent was registered in a county for 2 29 which voter registration recordkeeping is performed under 2 30 contract by the registrar, the registrar shall immediately 2 31 cancel the registration and notify the commissioner of the 2 32 county in which the decedent was registered to vote of the 2 33 cancellation. 2 34 Sec. 6. Section 48A.38, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2 35 2001, is amended to read as follows: 3 1 a. The registrar shall prepare each list requested within 3 2 fourteen days of receipt of the request, except that the 3 3 registrar shall not be required to prepare any list within 3 4sevensix days of theclose of registration election for any 3 5 regularly scheduled election if the preparation of the list 3 6 would impede the preparation of election registers for that 3 7 election. On the seventh day before each regularly scheduled 3 8 election, the state registrar of voters shall make available 3 9 for public inspection the most recently updated list of 3 10 registered voters. The list shall contain the name, address, 3 11 and registration identification number of each registrant in 3 12 the state. It is the intent of the general assembly that the 3 13 list be made available in an electronic format. 3 14 Sec. 7. Section 48A.38, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 3 15 2001, is amended to read as follows: 3 16 b. Each list shall be as current as possible, but shall in 3 17 all cases reflect voter activity reported to any commissioner 3 18twenty-eight or moreat least seven days before preparation of 3 19 the list. The state registrar shall certify that the 3 20 registered voters on the list are citizens of the United 3 21 States and that the list has been updated to remove names 3 22 because of death, felony conviction, adjudication of 3 23 incompetency, or duplicate registrations. 3 24 EXPLANATION 3 25 This bill makes a number of changes to the voter 3 26 registration law. 3 27 The bill requires that each person registering to vote 3 28 supply the last four numerals of their social security number 3 29 on the registration form. The bill requires that a 3 30 registration identification number be assigned to each 3 31 registrant. The identification number is to be a 12-digit 3 32 number comprised of the month, day, and year of the 3 33 registrant's date of birth and the last four numerals of the 3 34 registrant's social security number. 3 35 The bill repeats in the voter registration Code chapter the 4 1 requirement found elsewhere in the Code that the clerk of 4 2 district court monthly send a list of the persons convicted of 4 3 a felony or declared mentally incompetent to vote in the 4 4 preceding calendar month. The bill also changes the time 4 5 period in which the state registrar of vital statistics is 4 6 required to send a list of deceased persons to the state 4 7 registrar of voters from each calendar quarter to monthly. 4 8 The bill provides that the state registrar of voters shall 4 9 not be required to prepare a requested list of registered 4 10 voters within six days of any regularly scheduled election, 4 11 rather than within seven days of the close of registration. 4 12 Each list prepared by the registrar is required to reflect 4 13 voter activity occurring at least seven days before 4 14 preparation of the list, rather than 28 days before 4 15 preparation of the list. The bill requires the state 4 16 registrar of voters, on the seventh day before each regularly 4 17 scheduled election to make an updated list of registered 4 18 voters available for public inspection. The list is required 4 19 to contain the name, address, and registration identification 4 20 number of each registrant. The bill provides that the general 4 21 assembly intends for the list to be made available in an 4 22 electronic format. The bill also requires the state registrar 4 23 to certify that registered voters on the list are citizens of 4 24 the United States and that the list has been updated to remove 4 25 the names of persons because of death, felony conviction, 4 26 adjudication of incompetency, or duplicate registrations. 4 27 LSB 5309SV 79 4 28 sc/sh/8
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