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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 48A.11, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code 1 2 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 e. Social security number of the registrant(optional to1 4provide)and a statement informing the registrant that 1 5 disclosure of the registrant's social security number is 1 6 mandatory and that the registrant's social security number 1 7 will not be disclosed to anyone but an election official for 1 8 authorized purposes. 1 9 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 48A.11A REGISTRATION IDENTIFICATION 1 10 NUMBER. 1 11 Each person registered to vote in this state shall be 1 12 assigned a registration identification number which shall be a 1 13 unique identifier correlated with the registrant's social 1 14 security number. The state voter registration commission 1 15 shall prescribe by rule the numbering system to be used by 1 16 each county in assigning registration identification numbers. 1 17 Sec. 3. Section 48A.26, subsection 2, Code 2001, is 1 18 amended to read as follows:. 1 19 2. If the registration form appears on its face to be 1 20 complete and proper, the acknowledgment shall state that the 1 21 registrant is now a registered voter of the county. The 1 22 acknowledgement shall contain the registrant's registration 1 23 identification number. The acknowledgment shall also specify 1 24 the name of the precinct and the usual polling place for the 1 25 precinct in which the person is now registered. The 1 26 acknowledgment may include the political party affiliation 1 27 most recently recorded by the registrant. 1 28 Sec. 4. Section 48A.30, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code 1 29 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 30 d. The clerk of the district court, or the United States 1 31 attorney, or the state registrar sends notice of the 1 32 registered voter's conviction of a felony as defined in 1 33 section 701.7, or conviction of an offense classified as a 1 34 felony under federal law. The clerk of the district court 1 35 shall monthly sendnoticea list ofafelonyconviction2 1 convictions during the preceding calendar month to the state 2 2 registrar of voters. The registrar shall determine in which 2 3 county the felon is registered to vote, if any, and shall 2 4 notify the county commissioner of registration for that county 2 5 of the felony conviction. 2 6 Sec. 5. Section 48A.30, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code 2 7 2001, is amended to read as follows: 2 8 e. The clerk of the district court or the state registrar 2 9 sends notice that the registered voter has been declared a 2 10 person who is mentally incompetent to vote under state law. 2 11 The clerk of the district court shall monthly send a list of 2 12 such declarations adjudicated in the previous calendar month 2 13 to the state registrar of voters. The registrar shall 2 14 determine in which county the person is registered to vote, if 2 15 any, and shall notify the county commissioner of registration 2 16 for that county of the declaration. 2 17 Sec. 6. Section 48A.31, Code 2001, is amended to read as 2 18 follows: 2 19 48A.31 DECEASED PERSONS RECORD. 2 20 The state registrar of vital statistics shall transmit or 2 21 cause to be transmitted to the state registrar of voters, once 2 22 eachcalendar quartermonth, a certified list of all persons 2 23 seventeen and one-half years of age and older in the state 2 24 whose deaths have been reported to the records and statistics 2 25 division of the Iowa department of public health since the 2 26 previous list of decedents was certified to the state 2 27 registrar of voters. The list shall be submitted according to 2 28 the specifications of the state registrar of voters, who shall 2 29 determine whether each listed decedent was registered to vote 2 30 in this state. If the decedent was registered in a county 2 31 which uses its own data processing facilities for voter 2 32 registration recordkeeping, the registrar shall notify the 2 33 commissioner in that county who shall cancel the decedent's 2 34 registration. If the decedent was registered in a county for 2 35 which voter registration recordkeeping is performed under 3 1 contract by the registrar, the registrar shall immediately 3 2 cancel the registration and notify the commissioner of the 3 3 county in which the decedent was registered to vote of the 3 4 cancellation. 3 5 Sec. 7. Section 48A.34, Code 2001, is amended to read as 3 6 follows: 3 7 48A.34 CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN RECORDS. 3 8 Voter registration records are available for public 3 9 inspection at reasonable times at the office of the county 3 10 commissioner. The commissioner and any voter registration 3 11 agency which has custody of voter registration records shall 3 12 take the necessary steps to ensure that the social security 3 13 number of the registrant and the name of the agency at which 3 14 the voter registration form was submitted remains 3 15 confidential. 3 16 Sec. 8. Section 48A.38, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 3 17 2001, is amended to read as follows: 3 18 a. The registrar shall prepare each list requested within 3 19 fourteen days of receipt of the request, except that the 3 20 registrar shall not be required to prepare any list within 3 21sevensix days of theclose of registrationelection for any 3 22 regularly scheduled election if the preparation of the list 3 23 would impede the preparation of election registers for that 3 24 election. On the seventh day before each regularly scheduled 3 25 election, the state registrar of voters shall make available 3 26 for public inspection the most recently updated list of 3 27 registered voters. The list shall contain the name, address, 3 28 and registration identification number of each registrant in 3 29 the state. 3 30 Sec. 9. Section 48A.38, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 3 31 2001, is amended to read as follows: 3 32 b. Each list shall be as current as possible, but shall in 3 33 all cases reflect voter activity reported to any commissioner 3 34twenty-eight or moreat least seven days before preparation of 3 35 the list. 4 1 Sec. 10. Section 48A.38, subsection 1, Code 2001, is 4 2 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 4 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. f. The county commissioner of registration 4 4 and the state registrar of voters shall remove a voter's 4 5 social security number from a voter registration list prepared 4 6 pursuant to this section. However, the list may contain the 4 7 registration identification number assigned to a voter, if 4 8 requested. 4 9 EXPLANATION 4 10 This bill makes a number of changes to the voter 4 11 registration law. 4 12 The bill requires that each person registering to vote 4 13 supply their social security number on the registration form. 4 14 The form is to include a statement informing the registrant 4 15 that the registrant's social security number will not be 4 16 disclosed except to election officials for authorized 4 17 purposes. The bill requires that a registration 4 18 identification number be assigned to each registrant. The 4 19 identification number is to correlate with the registrant's 4 20 social security number. The bill requires the state voter 4 21 registration system to prescribe by rule the numbering system 4 22 to be used by counties in assigning registration 4 23 identification numbers. 4 24 The bill repeats in the voter registration Code chapter the 4 25 requirement found elsewhere in the Code that the clerk of 4 26 district court monthly send a list of the persons convicted of 4 27 a felony or declared mentally incompetent to vote in the 4 28 preceding calendar month. The bill also changes the time 4 29 period in which the state registrar of vital statistics is 4 30 required to send a list of deceased persons to the state 4 31 registrar of voters from each calendar quarter to monthly. 4 32 The bill provides that the state registrar of voters shall 4 33 not be required to prepare a requested list of registered 4 34 voters within six days of any regularly scheduled election, 4 35 rather than within seven days of the close of registration. 5 1 Each list prepared by the registrar is required to reflect 5 2 voter activity at least seven days before preparation of the 5 3 list, rather than 28 days before preparation of the list. The 5 4 bill requires the state registrar of voters, on the seventh 5 5 day before each regularly scheduled election to make an 5 6 updated list of registered voters available for public 5 7 inspection. The list is required to contain the name, 5 8 address, and registration identification number of each 5 9 registrant. 5 10 Finally, the bill provides that the county commissioner of 5 11 elections and voter registration agencies are to ensure that 5 12 social security numbers of registrants are to remain 5 13 confidential. Any list prepared for persons other than 5 14 election officials for authorized purposes shall not contain 5 15 the social security number of the registrant, but may contain 5 16 the registration identification number assigned the voter. 5 17 LSB 2202SC 79 5 18 sc/pj/5
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