House Journal: Page 1224: Tuesday, April 17, 2001
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
Senate File 342, a bill for an act requiring voters to present
identification containing a photograph to poll workers prior to voting,
with report of committee recommending amendment and passage,
was taken up for consideration.
Jacobs of Polk offered amendment H-1444 filed by the committee
on state government as follows:
H-1444
1 Amend Senate File 342, as passed by the Senate, as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 1, lines 1 and 2, by striking the words
4 and figure "unnumbered paragraph 2,".
5 2. Page 1, by striking lines 3 through 7, and
6 inserting the following:
7 "3. A precinct election official shall require any
8 person whose name does not appear on the election
9 register as an active voter to show identification.
10 Specific documents which are acceptable forms of
11 identification shall be prescribed by the state
12 commissioner.
13 A precinct election official may shall require of
14 the voter unknown to the official, identification upon
15 which the voter's signature or mark appears. in the
16 form of one of the following:
17 a. A valid voter registration card.
18 b. A valid Iowa driver's license.
19 c. A valid nonoperator's identification card.
20 d. A valid identification card issued by a branch,
21 department, agency, or entity of the state of Iowa or
22 any other state or the United States authorized to
23 issue personal identification cards.
24 e. A valid United States passport.
25 f. A valid employee identification card.
26 g. A health insurance membership card.
27 h. A valid student identification card from a
28 public or private school.
29 i. A valid Iowa hunting or fishing license.
30 j. A valid United States military identification
31 card.
32 k. United States military discharge or separation
33 papers.
34 l. A United States military dependent
35 identification card.
36 m. A certified copy of the voter's birth
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League of Women Voters of Iowa
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