House Journal: Page 896: Tuesday, March 27, 2001
absentee voting by armed forces, and drainage district elections, was
taken up for consideration.
Jochum of Dubuque offered amendment H-1300 filed by her as
follows:
H-1300
1 Amend House File 566 as follows:
2 1. Page 2, by inserting after line 14, the
3 following:
4 "Sec. . Section 49.13, Code 2001, is amended by
5 adding the following new subsection:
6 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. The commissioner may appoint
7 high school students who are not yet qualified to be
8 registered voters to serve as precinct election board
9 members.
10 a. To qualify to serve as a precinct election
11 board member, a high school student shall:
12 (1) Be a United States citizen.
13 (2) Be a junior or senior in good standing
14 enrolled in a public or private secondary school in
15 Iowa.
16 (3) Have a cumulative grade point average
17 equivalent to at least 2.0 on a 4.0 scale.
18 (4) At the time of appointment, have the written
19 approval of the principal of the secondary school the
20 student attends.
21 (5) Have the written approval of the student's
22 parent or legal guardian.
23 (6) Have satisfactorily completed the training
24 course for election officials.
25 (7) Meet all other qualifications for appointment
26 and service as an election board member except the
27 requirement of being a registered voter.
28 b. No more than one student precinct election
29 board member may serve on each precinct election
30 board.
31 c. Student precinct election board members shall
32 not serve as the chairperson of a precinct election
33 board.
34 d. Before serving, the student election precinct
35 board member must certify in writing to the
36 commissioner the political party with which the
37 student is affiliated.
38 e. Student precinct election board members shall
39 not be counted as absent from school on the day they
40 serve as election officials.
41 f. Student precinct election board members shall
42 not be allowed to work more hours than allowed under
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