53.39  Request for ballot — when available.
  1.  Section 53.2 does not apply in the case of a qualified 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 qualified voter upon a request as provided in this subchapter.
  2.  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-five days before the respective elections and shall be available for transmittal to such qualified voters in the armed forces of the United States at least forty-five 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 subchapter.
[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §53.39]
89 Acts, ch 136, §54
; 94 Acts, ch 1169, §64
; 94 Acts, ch 1180, §26
; 95 Acts, ch 67, §9
; 2010 Acts, ch 1033, §30, 56
; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143