721—28.4 (48A) Cancellations and restorations of voter registration due to felony conviction.
	 28.4(1) Based upon information provided to the state registrar by the state or federal judicial branch and by the governor, the state registrar shall maintain a list of convicted felons and a list of convicted felons whose voting rights have been restored. Periodically, these lists shall be matched with I-VOTERS. Based upon predetermined search criteria, a list of likely matches of ineligible voters shall be produced for each county and provided to each county registrar.
	 28.4(2) Within 15 days of the receipt of the list produced by the state registrar in accordance with 28.4(1), the county registrar shall review the list of likely matches, determine the accuracy of the search results and cancel the registrations of those voters found to be ineligible to vote. Notice shall be sent to the voter at the voter’s address in the voter registration file pursuant to Iowa Code section 48A.30(2). The notice shall provide the voter an opportunity to have the county registrar review any relevant information that establishes the voter’s eligibility to vote. When inclusion of a voter’s name on the list of likely matches is found to be inaccurate, the registrar shall mark the record as a “no match” and provide that information to the state registrar.
	 28.4(3) New applicants for registration entered into I-VOTERS by a county registrar shall be electronically matched against the list of convicted felons in the file, and applicants disqualified due to felony conviction shall not be registered as voters. The county registrar shall notify the registration applicant of the applicant’s disqualification in the same manner as provided for in subrule 28.4(2) above.