Any person offering to vote may be challenged as unqualified by any precinct election official or registered voter. It is the duty of each official to challenge any person offering to vote whom the official knows or suspects is not duly qualified. A ballot shall be received from a voter who is challenged, but only in accordance with section 49.81.
[C51, § 258; R60, § 493; C73, § 619; C97, § 1115; S13, § 1087-a9; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 571, 796; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 43.43, 49.79; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 49.79]
2002 Acts, ch 1134, §39, 115
2002 amendment takes effect January 1, 2003, and applies to elections held on or after that date; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §115
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