House
File
516
H-1119
Amend
House
File
516
as
follows:
1
1.
By
striking
everything
after
the
enacting
clause
2
and
inserting:
3
<
DIVISION
I
4
ONGOING
ABSENTEE
VOTER
STATUS
5
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
53.4
Ongoing
absentee
6
voter.
7
A
registered
voter
applying
for
an
absentee
ballot
8
under
section
53.2
may
request
to
receive
an
absentee
9
ballot
for
all
subsequent
elections
or
for
each
10
subsequent
general
election
in
which
that
person
is
11
eligible
to
vote
and
qualifies
under
section
53.1.
The
12
state
commissioner
shall
provide
check
boxes
on
the
13
prescribed
form
for
this
purpose.
For
all
subsequent
14
elections
or
for
each
subsequent
general
election,
the
15
county
commissioner
of
elections
shall
automatically
16
mail
an
absentee
ballot
to
the
requesting
voter,
17
or
automatically
deliver
an
absentee
ballot
if
the
18
requester
is
a
person
voting
pursuant
to
section
53.22.
19
A
voter’s
status
as
an
ongoing
absentee
voter
shall
20
be
terminated
upon
the
request
of
the
voter
or
by
the
21
county
commissioner
if
the
voter
fails
to
qualify
under
22
section
53.1
or
if
the
voter
subsequently
fails
to
vote
23
in
two
consecutive
general
elections.
24
DIVISION
II
25
ELECTRONIC
ABSENTEE
BALLOT
APPLICATIONS
26
Sec.
2.
Section
47.2,
Code
2017,
is
amended
by
27
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
28
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7.
The
commissioner
shall
provide
29
for
the
submission
of
electronic
absentee
ballot
30
applications
on
the
commissioner’s
internet
site
31
pursuant
to
section
53.2,
subsection
1,
paragraph
“c”
.
32
Sec.
3.
Section
53.2,
subsection
1,
Code
2017,
is
33
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
34
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
A
registered
voter
may
apply
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to
the
commissioner
for
an
absentee
ballot
through
1
electronic
means
either
through
electronic
mail
sent
to
2
the
commissioner
or
through
the
commissioner’s
internet
3
site.
An
electronic
application
for
an
absentee
ballot
4
must
be
received
by
the
commissioner
no
later
than
5:00
5
p.m.
on
the
Friday
before
the
election.
An
electronic
6
application
for
an
absentee
ballot
received
by
the
7
commissioner
more
than
seventy
days
prior
to
the
date
8
of
the
election
shall
be
retained
by
the
commissioner
9
and
processed
in
the
same
manner
as
an
electronic
10
application
received
not
more
than
seventy
days
before
11
the
date
of
the
election.
12
Sec.
4.
Section
53.2,
subsection
4,
Code
2017,
is
13
amended
to
read
as
follows:
14
4.
a.
Each
application
shall
contain
the
name
15
and
signature
of
the
registered
voter,
the
registered
16
voter’s
date
of
birth,
the
address
at
which
the
voter
17
is
registered
to
vote,
and
the
name
or
date
of
the
18
election
for
which
the
absentee
ballot
is
requested,
19
and
such
other
information
as
may
be
necessary
20
to
determine
the
correct
absentee
ballot
for
the
21
registered
voter.
If
insufficient
information
has
22
been
provided,
either
on
the
prescribed
form
or
on
an
23
application
created
by
the
applicant,
the
commissioner
24
shall,
by
the
best
means
available,
obtain
the
25
additional
necessary
information.
26
b.
In
addition
to
the
other
requirements
of
this
27
section:
28
(1)
An
application
received
pursuant
to
subsection
29
1,
paragraph
“a”
or
“b”
,
shall
contain
the
signature
of
30
the
registered
voter.
31
(2)
An
application
received
pursuant
to
subsection
32
1,
paragraph
“c”
,
shall
include
at
least
one
of
the
33
following:
34
(a)
The
Iowa
driver’s
license
number
of
the
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voter.
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(b)
The
Iowa
nonoperator’s
identification
card
2
number
of
the
registered
voter.
3
(c)
The
last
four
numerals
of
the
registered
4
voter’s
social
security
number.
>
5
2.
Title
page,
by
striking
lines
1
through
9
and
6
inserting
<
An
Act
relating
to
absentee
voting
by
7
providing
for
an
ongoing
absentee
voter
status
and
8
allowing
registered
voters
to
make
applications
for
9
absentee
ballots
through
electronic
means
and
making
10
penalties
applicable.
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