HOUSE FILE 519

BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 119)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to voter registration.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 48A.9, subsection 1, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Registration closes at five 5:00 p.m. eleven days before each election except primary and the general elections election. For primary and the general elections election, registration closes at five 5:00 p.m. ten days before the election. An eligible elector may register during the time registration is closed in the elector’s precinct but the registration shall not become effective until registration opens again in the elector’s precinct, except as otherwise provided in section 48A.7A.
EXPLANATION
   This bill relates to voter registration.
   The bill provides that voter registration for primary elections shall close at 5:00 p.m. 11 days before the primary. Current law provides that voter registration for both general and primary elections close 10 days before the primary. Voter registration for the general election will remain unchanged by the bill.