House
File
519
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
519
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
119)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
voter
registration.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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519
Section
1.
Section
48A.9,
subsection
1,
Code
2011,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
Registration
closes
at
five
5:00
p.m.
eleven
days
3
before
each
election
except
primary
and
the
general
elections
4
election
.
For
primary
and
the
general
elections
election
,
5
registration
closes
at
five
5:00
p.m.
ten
days
before
the
6
election.
An
eligible
elector
may
register
during
the
time
7
registration
is
closed
in
the
elector’s
precinct
but
the
8
registration
shall
not
become
effective
until
registration
9
opens
again
in
the
elector’s
precinct,
except
as
otherwise
10
provided
in
section
48A.7A
.
11
EXPLANATION
12
This
bill
relates
to
voter
registration.
13
The
bill
provides
that
voter
registration
for
primary
14
elections
shall
close
at
5:00
p.m.
11
days
before
the
primary.
15
Current
law
provides
that
voter
registration
for
both
general
16
and
primary
elections
close
10
days
before
the
primary.
Voter
17
registration
for
the
general
election
will
remain
unchanged
by
18
the
bill.
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