House File 248 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  GRANZOW


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the voter registration deadline for primary
  2    elections and providing an immediate effective date.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2051HH 82
  5 sc/gg/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 48A.9, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  Registration closes at five p.m. eleven days before
  1  4 each election except primary and general elections.  For
  1  5 primary and general elections, registration closes at five
  1  6 p.m. ten days before the election.  An eligible elector may
  1  7 register during the time registration is closed in the
  1  8 elector's precinct but the registration shall not become
  1  9 effective until registration opens again in the elector's
  1 10 precinct.
  1 11    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 12 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    Under current law, the deadline for registering to vote for
  1 15 primary and general elections is 10 days before the election,
  1 16 and for all other elections the deadline is 11 days before the
  1 17 election.  This bill changes the registration deadline to 11
  1 18 days for registering to vote in the primary election.
  1 19 LSB 2051HH 82
  1 20 sc:nh/gg/14