821—2.8 (48A) Incomplete applications.
	 2.8(1) No commissioner shall refuse to register or accept an application from an applicant unable to specify the correct ward, precinct, or school district for the applicant’s address. The commissioner shall make a determination of the correct political subdivisions from maps, legal descriptions, and other means at the commissioner’s disposal.
	 2.8(2) The commissioner shall not add to the official voter registration file a voter whose registration application lacks any of the following information about the applicant:
	  a.   	 The applicant’s Iowa driver’s license number, Iowa department of transportation-issued nonoperator’s identification card number, or the last four digits of the applicant’s social security number;
	  b.   	 Name;
	  c.   	 Sex;
	  d.   	 Date of birth;
	  e.   	 Residence address or description.
	 2.8(3) A person who submits an application by mail and does not mark either “yes” or “no” to the question “Are you a citizen of the United States of America?” shall not be registered to vote in federal elections until the application form is completed. The registration shall be coded to be valid only for elections for which no candidate for federal office appears on the ballot. Within seven days after receipt of the application, the commissioner shall contact the applicant by mail and request the missing required information. The applicant may provide the required information in writing until the date registration closes for the next federal election by appearing in person at the commissioner’s office to complete a new application, by mailing a new and complete application, or by sending a letter to the commissioner confirming that the applicant is a U.S. citizen.
	 2.8(4) Within seven days after receipt of an incomplete application, the commissioner shall contact the applicant by mail, using the notice prescribed in subrule 2.8(5), and request the missing required information. If the applicant failed to provide an address, the commissioner shall make a reasonable effort to determine where the acknowledgement should be sent. However, if the incomplete application is received during the 12 days before the close of registration for an election, the commissioner shall provide the registrant with an opportunity to complete the form before the close of registration by sending written notice within one working day after receiving the incomplete application. If the applicant provided a telephone number, the commissioner shall also attempt to contact the applicant by telephone to convey the information contained in the notice required in subrule 2.8(5).
	 2.8(5) The notice shall instruct the applicant that the applicant may provide the required information in writing by appearing in person at the commissioner’s office to complete a new application or by mailing a new and complete application. The notice shall include the date registration closes for the next election.
	 2.8(6) If the application does not include the applicant’s Iowa driver’s license number, Iowa department of transportation-issued nonoperator’s identification card number, or the last four digits of the applicant’s social security number, the notice described in subrule 2.8(5) shall also include the following statement:
“Your voter registration application cannot be accepted because it does not include an Iowa driver’s license number, an Iowa non-driver ID number or the last four numbers of your social security number. You must submit a new voter registration form. If you submit the registration form by mail, your registration information will be checked against the records of the Iowa Department of Transportation driver’s license files. This process may delay the effective date of your registration. If your registration information cannot be verified, your registration application will be rejected. Verification is not required if you submit your application in person.
“ID number required. If you have an Iowa driver’s license, you must put that number on the voter registration form. If you do not have an Iowa driver’s license, use the number from your Iowa non-driver ID card. If you do not have either of these, put the last four numbers of your social security number on the form. If you don’t have any of these ID numbers, please write `NONE’ in the box on the form. Please note that it is a crime to lie on a voter registration application.”
	 2.8(7) If the applicant reports that the applicant has not been issued an Iowa driver’s license, an Iowa department of transportation-issued nonoperator’s identification card number, or a social security number, the commissioner shall assign a unique identifying number that shall serve to identify the registrant for voter registration purposes and enter the registration as “pending identification.”
	 2.8(8) The commissioner shall keep a rejected application for voter registration for 22 months after the date of the next general election after the application was received.