House Amendment 1139
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House File 320 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 14 the
1 3 following:
1 4 <Sec. . Section 48A.8, Code 2009, is amended by
1 5 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the
1 6 following:
1 7 48A.8 REGISTRATION BY MAIL.
1 8 An eligible elector may register to vote by
1 9 completing a mail registration form. The completed
1 10 form may be mailed or delivered by the registrant or
1 11 the registrant's designee to the commissioner in the
1 12 county where the person resides. A separate
1 13 registration form shall be signed by each individual
1 14 registrant.>
1 15 #2. Page 1, by inserting after line 33 the
1 16 following:
1 17 <Sec. . Section 48A.26, Code 2009, is amended
1 18 by adding the following new subsection:
1 19 NEW SUBSECTION. 10. An acknowledgment mailed
1 20 pursuant to subsection 2 or 4 shall include a
1 21 statement informing the registered voter that the
1 22 voter is required to show current and valid
1 23 identification before the person will be allowed to
1 24 vote, and that the identification must contain a
1 25 photograph of the voter and a validity expiration
1 26 date.
1 27 Sec. . Section 48A.27, subsection 4, paragraph
1 28 c, subparagraph (2), Code 2009, is amended to read as
1 29 follows:
1 30 (2) The notice shall contain a statement in
1 31 substantially the following form:
1 32 "Information received from the United States postal
1 33 service indicates that you are no longer a resident
1 34 of, and therefore not eligible to vote in (name of
1 35 county) County, Iowa. If this information is not
1 36 correct, and you still live in (name of county)
1 37 County, please complete and mail the attached postage
1 38 paid card at least ten days before the primary or
1 39 general election and at least eleven days before any
1 40 other election at which you wish to vote. If the
1 41 information is correct and you have moved, please
1 42 contact a local official in your new area for
1 43 assistance in registering there. If you do not mail
1 44 in the card, you may be required to show
1 45 identification to prove residency before being allowed
1 46 to vote in (name of county) County. If you do not
1 47 return the card, and you do not vote in an election in
1 48 (name of county) County, Iowa, on or before (date of
1 49 second general election following the date of the
1 50 notice) your name will be removed from the list of
2 1 voters in that county. To ensure you receive this
2 2 notice, it is being sent to both your most recent
2 3 registration address and to your new address as
2 4 reported by the postal service."
2 5 Sec. . Section 48A.29, subsection 1, paragraph
2 6 b, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
2 7 b. The notice shall contain a statement in
2 8 substantially the following form:
2 9 "Information received from the United States postal
2 10 service indicates that you are no longer a resident of
2 11 (residence address) in (name of county) County, Iowa.
2 12 If this information is not correct, and you still live
2 13 in (name of county) County, please complete and mail
2 14 the attached postage paid card at least ten days
2 15 before the primary or general election and at least
2 16 eleven days before any other election at which you
2 17 wish to vote. If the information is correct, and you
2 18 have moved, please contact a local official in your
2 19 new area for assistance in registering there. If you
2 20 do not mail in the card, you may be required to show
2 21 identification to prove residency before being allowed
2 22 to vote in (name of county) County. If you do not
2 23 return the card, and you do not vote in some election
2 24 in (name of county) County, Iowa, on or before (date
2 25 of second general election following the date of the
2 26 notice) your name will be removed from the list of
2 27 voters in that county."
2 28 Sec. . Section 48A.29, subsection 3, paragraph
2 29 b, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
2 30 b. The notice shall contain a statement in
2 31 substantially the following form:
2 32 "Information received by this office indicates that
2 33 you are no longer a resident of (residence address) in
2 34 (name of county) County, Iowa. If the information is
2 35 not correct, and you still live at that address,
2 36 please complete and mail the attached postage paid
2 37 card at least ten days before the primary or general
2 38 election and at least eleven days before any other
2 39 election at which you wish to vote. If the
2 40 information is correct, and you have moved within the
2 41 county, you may update your registration by listing
2 42 your new address on the card and mailing it back. If
2 43 you have moved outside the county, please contact a
2 44 local official in your new area for assistance in
2 45 registering there. If you do not mail in the card,
2 46 you may be required to show identification to prove
2 47 residency before being allowed to vote in (name of
2 48 county) County. If you do not return the card, and
2 49 you do not vote in some election in (name of county)
2 50 County, Iowa, on or before (date of second general
3 1 election following the date of the notice) your name
3 2 will be removed from the list of registered voters in
3 3 that county."
3 4 Sec. . Section 49.77, subsection 3, Code 2009,
3 5 is amended to read as follows:
3 6 3. a. A precinct election official shall require
3 7 any person whose name does not appear on the election
3 8 register as an active voter to show identification.
3 9 Specific documents which are acceptable forms of
3 10 identification shall be prescribed by the state
3 11 commissioner.
3 12 b. 3. a. A precinct election official may shall
3 13 require of that the voter unknown to the official,
3 14 identification upon which the voter's signature or
3 15 mark appears produce for inspection one of the
3 16 following current and valid forms of identification if
3 17 such identification contains the person's photograph
3 18 and a validity expiration date:
3 19 (a) An out=of=state driver's license or
3 20 nonoperator's identification card.
3 21 (b) A United States passport.
3 22 (c) A United States military identification card.
3 23 (d) An identification card issued by an employer.
3 24 (e) A student identification card issued by an
3 25 Iowa high school or an Iowa postsecondary educational
3 26 institution.
3 27 b. If identification is established to the
3 28 satisfaction of the precinct election officials, the
3 29 person may then be allowed to vote.
3 30 Sec. . Section 49.77, subsection 4, paragraph
3 31 a, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
3 32 a. A precinct election official shall require any
3 33 person whose name does not appear on the election
3 34 register as an active voter to show identification to
3 35 prove residency in the precinct. Specific documents
3 36 which are acceptable forms of identification under
3 37 this subsection shall be prescribed by rule by the
3 38 state commissioner. A person whose name does not
3 39 appear on the election register of the precinct in
3 40 which that person claims the right to vote shall not
3 41 be permitted to vote, unless the person affirms that
3 42 the person is currently registered in the county and
3 43 presents proof of identity identification to prove
3 44 residency, or the commissioner informs the precinct
3 45 election officials that an error has occurred and that
3 46 the person is a registered voter of that precinct. If
3 47 the commissioner finds no record of the person's
3 48 registration but the person insists that the person is
3 49 a registered voter of that precinct, the precinct
3 50 election officials shall allow the person to cast a
4 1 ballot in the manner prescribed by section 49.81.
4 2 Sec. . Section 49.81, subsection 1, Code 2009,
4 3 is amended to read as follows:
4 4 1. A prospective voter who is prohibited under
4 5 section 48A.8, subsection 4, section 49.77, subsection
4 6 4, or section 49.80 from voting except under this
4 7 section shall be notified by the appropriate precinct
4 8 election official that the voter may cast a
4 9 provisional ballot. If a booth meeting the
4 10 requirement of section 49.25 is not available at that
4 11 polling place, the precinct election officials shall
4 12 make alternative arrangements to insure the voter the
4 13 opportunity to vote in secret. The voter shall mark
4 14 the ballot, fold it or insert it in a secrecy envelope
4 15 as required by section 49.84, and immediately seal it
4 16 in an envelope of the type prescribed by subsection 4.
4 17 The voter shall deliver the sealed envelope to a
4 18 precinct election official who shall deposit it in an
4 19 envelope marked "provisional ballots". The ballot
4 20 shall be considered as having been cast in the special
4 21 precinct established by section 53.20 for purposes of
4 22 the postelection canvass.>
4 23 #3. Page 2, by inserting after line 19 the
4 24 following:
4 25 <Sec. . Section 53.38, Code 2009, is amended to
4 26 read as follows:
4 27 53.38 WHAT CONSTITUTES REGISTRATION.
4 28 Whenever a ballot is requested pursuant to section
4 29 53.39 or 53.45 on behalf of a voter in the armed
4 30 forces of the United States, the affidavit upon the
4 31 affidavit envelope of such voter, if the voter is
4 32 found to be an eligible elector of the county to which
4 33 the ballot is submitted, shall constitute a sufficient
4 34 registration under chapter 48A. A completed federal
4 35 postcard registration and federal absentee ballot
4 36 request form submitted by such eligible elector shall
4 37 also constitute a sufficient registration under
4 38 chapter 48A. The commissioner shall place the voter's
4 39 name on the registration record as a registered voter
4 40 if it does not already appear there. The
4 41 identification requirements of section 48A.8 and the
4 42 verification requirements of section 48A.25A do not
4 43 apply to persons who register to vote under this
4 44 division.>
4 45 #4. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and
4 46 inserting the following: <An Act relating to
4 47 registering to vote and voting by lowering the age at
4 48 which a registered voter is eligible to vote in a
4 49 primary election and by requiring voters to provide
4 50 certain identification when voting in person at the
5 1 polling place.>
5 2 #5. By renumbering as necessary.
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5 5
5 6 ALONS of Sioux
5 7 HF 320.501 83
5 8 sc/nh/21910
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