Senate File 29
SENATE FILE
BY BOLKCOM
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the age at which an elector is eligible to
2 register to vote and to vote in a school district election.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 48A.5, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code
1 2 2003, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 c. Be at least eighteen years of age. However, for
1 4 purposes of voting in a school district election, an eligible
1 5 elector shall be at least seventeen years of age. Completed
1 6 registration forms shall be accepted from registrants who are
1 7 at least seventeen and a half years of age; however, the. For
1 8 all elections except school district elections, the
1 9 registration shall not be effective until the registrant
1 10 reaches the age of eighteen.
1 11 Sec. 2. Section 48A.26, subsection 7, Code 2003, is
1 12 amended to read as follows:
1 13 7. When a person who is at least seventeen and one=half
1 14 years of age but less than eighteen years of age registers to
1 15 vote, the commissioner shall maintain a record of the
1 16 registration so as to clearly indicate that it will not take
1 17 effect until the registrant's eighteenth birthday and that the
1 18 person is registered and qualifies to vote at any election
1 19 held on or after that date. However, for purposes of voting
1 20 in a school district election, the registration shall take
1 21 effect immediately.
1 22 Sec. 3. Section 49.81, subsection 4, unnumbered paragraph
1 23 2, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
1 24 I believe I am a registered voter of this precinct. I
1 25 registered to vote in ...... county on or about ...... at
1 26 ....... My name at that time was ....... I have not moved to a
1 27 different county since that time. I am a United States
1 28 citizen, at least eighteen years of age or seventeen years of
1 29 age in the case of a school district election.
1 30 .......................
1 31 (signature of voter) (date)
1 32 EXPLANATION
1 33 This bill allows a person at least 17 years of age to
1 34 register to vote. The bill also allows an elector who is at
1 35 least 17 years of age to vote in school district elections.
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