House Study Bill 222 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            STATE GOVERNMENT BILL
                                            BY CHAIRPERSON MASCHER)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for ongoing absentee voter status.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 2508HC 83
  4 sc/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  53.4  ONGOING ABSENTEE VOTER.
  1  2    A registered voter applying for an absentee ballot under
  1  3 section 53.2 may request to receive an absentee ballot for all
  1  4 subsequent elections or for each subsequent general election
  1  5 in which that person is eligible to vote and qualifies under
  1  6 section 53.1.  The state commissioner shall provide check
  1  7 boxes on the prescribed form for this purpose.  For all
  1  8 subsequent elections or for each subsequent general election,
  1  9 the county commissioner of elections shall automatically mail
  1 10 an absentee ballot to the requesting voter, or automatically
  1 11 deliver an absentee ballot if the requester is a confined
  1 12 person pursuant to section 53.22.  A voter's status as an
  1 13 ongoing absentee voter shall be terminated upon the request of
  1 14 the voter or by the county commissioner if the voter fails to
  1 15 qualify under section 53.1 or if the voter fails to vote in a
  1 16 subsequent general 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 2508HC 83
  1 26 sc/nh/8