After receiving the ballot, the voter shall immediately go alone to one of the voting booths, and without delay mark the ballot. All voters shall vote in booths. No special lines shall be used to separate voters who state that they wish to vote only a portion of the ballot.
Before leaving the voting booth, the voter shall fold the ballot or enclose it in a secrecy folder to conceal the marks on the ballot. The voter shall deliver the ballot to one of the precinct election officials. No identifying mark or symbol shall be endorsed on the back of the voter's ballot. If the precinct has a portable vote tallying system which will not permit more than one ballot to be inserted at a time, the voter may insert the ballot into the tabulating device; otherwise, the election official shall place the ballot in the ballot box.
This section does not prohibit a voter from taking minor children into the voting booth with the voter.
[C51, § 257; R60, § 492; C73, § 617; C97, § 1117, 1119; S13, § 1119; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 801; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 49.84]
94 Acts, ch 1180, §16; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §41, 115
Unnumbered paragraph 3 takes effect January 1, 2003, and applies to elections held on or after that date; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §115
Previous Section 49.83
Next Section 49.85
© 2004 Cornell College and League of Women Voters of Iowa
Comments about this site or page?
webmaster@legis.iowa.gov.
Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.
Last update: Thu Jan 15 10:49:41 CST 2004
URL: /DOCS/IACODE/2003SUPPLEMENT/49/84.html
jhf