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53.39 Request for ballot---when available.

Section 53.2 does not apply in the case of a registered voter of the state of Iowa serving in the armed forces of the United States. In any such case an application for ballot as provided for in that section is not required and an absent voter's ballot shall be sent or made available to any such registered voter upon a request as provided in this division.

All official ballots to be voted by qualified absent voters in the armed forces of the United States at the primary election and the general election shall be printed prior to forty days before the respective elections and shall be available for transmittal to such registered voters in the armed forces of the United States at least forty days before the respective elections. The provisions of this chapter apply to absent voting by qualified voters in the armed forces of the United States except as modified by the provisions of this division.

Section History: Early form

[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 53.39]

Section History: Recent form

89 Acts, ch 136, §54; 94 Acts, ch 1169, §64; 94 Acts, ch 1180, §26

Internal References

Referred to in § 47.4, 48A.5, 53.38


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