Senate File 12

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  BOLKCOM


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to ongoing absentee voter status for general
  2    elections.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1402XS 80
  5 sc/cls/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  53.3  ONGOING ABSENTEE VOTER.
  1  2    A registered voter applying for an absentee ballot under
  1  3 section 53.2 using the state commissioner's prescribed form
  1  4 for absentee ballot applications may request to receive an
  1  5 absentee ballot for each subsequent general election in which
  1  6 that person is eligible to vote, and qualifies under section
  1  7 53.1.  The state commissioner shall provide on the prescribed
  1  8 form a check box for this purpose.  For each subsequent
  1  9 general election, the commissioner shall automatically mail an
  1 10 absentee ballot to the requesting voter, or automatically
  1 11 deliver an absentee ballot to a confined person pursuant to
  1 12 section 53.22.  A voter's status as an ongoing absentee voter
  1 13 shall be terminated upon the request of the voter, by the
  1 14 commissioner if the voter fails to qualify under section 53.1,
  1 15 or if the voter fails to vote in a subsequent general
  1 16 election.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill allows an absentee voter to receive absentee
  1 19 ballots for all subsequent general elections without having to
  1 20 reapply before each election.  A person's status as an ongoing
  1 21 absentee voter can be terminated by that person, by the county
  1 22 commissioner of elections if the person fails to qualify as an
  1 23 absentee voter, or if the voter fails to vote in a subsequent
  1 24 general election.
  1 25 LSB 1402XS 80
  1 26 sc/cls/14
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