821—2.1 (48A) Voter registration forms.
	 2.1(1) Content and completion.
	  a.   	 In addition to the spaces required by Iowa Code section 48A.11, every voter registration form shall include room for the county commissioner to make notations indicating such items as the date the form was received, the precinct and school district of the registrant, any other special district or note deemed necessary or appropriate by the commissioner, and the date the registration is effective. The notations may be on the reverse of the form.
	  b.   	 The spaces on the paper voter registration form required by Iowa Code section 48A.11 and subrule 2.1(1) may be completed electronically. Voter registration forms completed electronically must be printed and, in the event adhesive labels are used, such labels must be firmly affixed to the form. The form must also be signed and dated by the voter.
	 2.1(2) Definitions.
“Agency application” means an application received at a voter registration agency pursuant to Iowa Code section 48A.19.
“Application” means a request to register to vote from a person who is not registered to vote in the county where the voter registration form is submitted. An application shall be made on a voter registration form prescribed by the voter registration commission.
“By-mail application” means an application received through the mail from an individual applicant. “By-mail application” also includes voter registration applications received from organizations that solicit voter registrations. “By-mail application” does not include registration forms sent through the mail by voter registration agencies.
“In-person application”  means an application received in person from the applicant either by the registrar, the registrar’s designee, the commissioner, the commissioner’s designee or a precinct election official.
“New voter registration application”  means a voter registration application received from an individual who is not already registered to vote in the county.
[ARC 7883B, IAB 7/1/09, effective 7/1/09]