1. The board members of their respective precincts shall have charge of the ballots and furnish them to the voters. Any person desiring to vote shall sign a voter's declaration provided by the officials, in substantially the following form:
VOTER'S DECLARATION OF ELIGIBILITY
I do solemnly swear or affirm that I am a resident of the . . . . precinct, . . . . ward or township, city of . . . . . . , county of . . . . . . , Iowa.
I am a registered voter. I have not voted and will not vote in any other precinct in said election.
I understand that any false statement in this declaration is a criminal offense punishable as provided by law.
. . . . . . . . . Signature of Voter . . . . . . . . . Address . . . . . . . . . Telephone Approved: . . . . . . . . . . Board Member
2. One of the precinct election officials shall announce the voter's name aloud for the benefit of any persons present pursuant to section 49.104, subsection 2, 3, or 5. Any of those persons may upon request view the signed declarations of eligibility and may review the signed declarations on file so long as the person does not interfere with the functions of the precinct election officials.
3. A precinct election official shall require any person whose name does not appear on the election register as an active voter to show identification. Specific documents which are acceptable forms of identification shall be prescribed by the state commissioner.
A precinct election official may require of the voter unknown to the official, identification upon which the voter's signature or mark appears. If identification is established to the satisfaction of the precinct election officials, the person may then be allowed to vote.
4. A person whose name does not appear on the election register of the precinct in which that person claims the right to vote shall not be permitted to vote, unless the person affirms that the person is currently registered in the county and presents proof of identity, or the commissioner informs the precinct election officials that an error has occurred and that the person is a registered voter of that precinct. If the commissioner finds no record of the person's registration but the person insists that the person is a registered voter of that precinct, the precinct election officials shall allow the person to cast a ballot in the manner prescribed by section 49.81.
A person who has been sent an absentee ballot by mail but for any reason has not received it shall be permitted to cast a ballot in person pursuant to section 53.19 and in the manner prescribed by section 49.81.
5. The request for the telephone number in the declaration of eligibility in subsection 1 is not mandatory and the failure by the voter to provide the telephone number does not affect the declaration's validity.
[C97, § 1114; C24, § 794, 795; C27, 31, 35, § 718-b20, 794, 795; C39, § 718.21, 794, 795; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, § 48.21, 49.77, 49.78; C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 49.77]
83 Acts, ch 176, § 5; 87 Acts, ch 221, § 16, 17; 88 Acts, ch 1119, § 19; 94 Acts, ch 1169, §50; 94 Acts, ch 1180, §14; 98 Acts, ch 1123, § 6
Referred to in § 48A.37, 49.81, 50.6, 52.32
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