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1 1 Section 1. Section 49.13, Code 2001, 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 at a partisan election, the student
1 27 election precinct board member must certify in writing to the
1 28 commissioner the political party with which the student is
1 29 affiliated.
1 30 e. Student precinct election board members shall not be
1 31 counted as absent from school on the day they serve as
1 32 election officials.
1 33 f. Student precinct election board members shall not be
1 34 allowed to work more hours than allowed under the applicable
1 35 labor laws.
2 1 Sec. 2. Section 49.15, Code 2001, is amended by adding the
2 2 following new unnumbered paragraph:
2 3 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. In drawing up precinct election
2 4 board panels, the commissioner may use student precinct
2 5 election board members appointed pursuant to section 49.13,
2 6 subsection 5.
2 7 Sec. 3. Section 49.84, Code 2001, is amended by adding the
2 8 following new unnumbered paragraph:
2 9 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. This section does not prohibit a
2 10 voter from taking minor children into the voting booth with
2 11 the voter.
2 12 Sec. 4. Section 49.88, Code 2001, is amended by adding the
2 13 following new unnumbered paragraph:
2 14 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. This section does not prohibit a
2 15 voter from taking minor children into the voting booth with
2 16 the voter.
2 17 EXPLANATION
2 18 This bill makes several changes to the law relating to
2 19 participation in the electoral process by high school students
2 20 and minor children of voters.
2 21 Code sections 49.13 and 49.15 are amended to allow high
2 22 school juniors and seniors who are not yet qualified to be
2 23 registered voters to be appointed as precinct election board
2 24 members if they meet certain statutory requirements.
2 25 Code sections 49.84 and 49.88 are amended to allow minor
2 26 children to occupy a voting booth with a voter.
2 27 LSB 5076DP 79
2 28 sc/pj/5.1
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