House File 348 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  REICHERT


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to canceling the voter registration of deceased
  2    persons.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1946HH 83
  5 sc/rj/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 48A.31, Code 2009, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    48A.31  DECEASED PERSONS RECORD.
  1  4    The state registrar of vital statistics shall transmit or
  1  5 cause to be transmitted to the state registrar of voters, once
  1  6 each calendar quarter, a certified list of all persons
  1  7 seventeen and one=half years of age and older in the state
  1  8 whose deaths have been reported to the bureau of vital records
  1  9 of the Iowa department of public health since the previous
  1 10 list of decedents was certified to the state registrar of
  1 11 voters.  The certified list shall be transmitted monthly,
  1 12 except that in April, May, September, and October of the
  1 13 even=numbered year the certified list shall be transmitted
  1 14 weekly.  The list shall be submitted according to the
  1 15 specifications of the state registrar of voters, who shall
  1 16 determine whether each listed decedent was registered to vote
  1 17 in this state.  If the decedent was registered in a county
  1 18 which uses its own data processing facilities for voter
  1 19 registration recordkeeping, the registrar shall immediately
  1 20 notify the commissioner in that county who shall cancel the
  1 21 decedent's registration.  If the decedent was registered in a
  1 22 county for which voter registration recordkeeping is performed
  1 23 under contract by the registrar, the registrar shall
  1 24 immediately cancel the registration and notify the
  1 25 commissioner of the county in which the decedent was
  1 26 registered to vote of the cancellation.
  1 27                           EXPLANATION
  1 28    This bill requires the state registrar of vital statistics
  1 29 to transmit a list of deceased persons to the state registrar
  1 30 of voters on a monthly basis, rather than the quarterly basis
  1 31 currently required.  The bill also provides that in the two
  1 32 months leading up to the primary election and the general
  1 33 election, the list shall be transmitted weekly.
  1 34 LSB 1946HH 83
  1 35 sc/rj/5