House File 2264 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE
                                           GOVERNMENT

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2148)


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act modifying the voter registration deadline for primary
  2    elections and providing an effective date.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6062HV 82
  5 sc/nh/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 48A.9, subsection 1, Code Supplement
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  Registration closes at five p.m. eleven days before
  1  4 each election except primary and the general elections
  1  5 election.  For primary and the general elections election,
  1  6 registration closes at five p.m. ten days before the election.
  1  7 An eligible elector may register during the time registration
  1  8 is closed in the elector's precinct but the registration shall
  1  9 not become effective until registration opens again in the
  1 10 elector's precinct, except as otherwise provided in section
  1 11 48A.7A.
  1 12    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 13 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    Under current law, the deadline for registering to vote for
  1 16 primary and general elections is 10 days before the election,
  1 17 and for all other elections the deadline is 11 days before the
  1 18 election.  This bill changes the registration deadline to 11
  1 19 days for registering to vote in the primary election.
  1 20    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
  1 21 LSB 6062HV 82
  1 22 sc/nh/14