House Study Bill 142 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON COWNIE) A BILL FOR An Act requiring a separate tally of absentee votes by 1 precinct. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2509YC (1) 84 sc/nh

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 49.31, subsection 7, Code 2011, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 7. For the purpose of ballot rotation the absentee ballot 3 and special voters precinct may shall not be considered a 4 separate precinct. 5 Sec. 2. Section 49.57, Code 2011, is amended by adding the 6 following new subsection: 7 NEW SUBSECTION . 8. Absentee ballots tabulated by an optical 8 scan voting system shall be coded with the resident precinct 9 number of the absentee voter. Absentee ballots counted by hand 10 shall include the resident precinct number of the absentee 11 voter. 12 Sec. 3. Section 52.33, Code 2011, is amended by adding the 13 following new subsection: 14 NEW SUBSECTION . 1A. For absentee ballots tabulated using 15 an optical scan voting system, the tabulating device shall be 16 programmed to produce a report showing the resident precinct 17 of the absentee voter. 18 Sec. 4. Section 53.23, subsection 2, Code 2011, is amended 19 to read as follows: 20 2. The board’s powers and duties shall be the same as those 21 provided in chapter 50 for precinct election officials in 22 regular precinct polling places. However, the election board 23 of the special precinct shall receive from the commissioner and 24 count all absentee ballots for all precincts in the county; 25 when two or more political subdivisions in the county hold 26 elections simultaneously the special precinct election board 27 shall count absentee ballots cast in all of the elections so 28 held. The tally list shall be recorded on forms prescribed by 29 the state commissioner. The board shall also record a separate 30 tally of the votes for each candidate by resident precinct of 31 the absentee voter. The separate tally list shall be on a form 32 prescribed by the state commissioner and, upon request, shall 33 be made available for public inspection. 34 EXPLANATION 35 -1- LSB 2509YC (1) 84 sc/nh 1/ 2

H.F. _____ This bill provides that the absentee ballot and special 1 voters precinct board shall record a separate tally of votes by 2 resident precinct of the absentee voter. The separate tally 3 shall be available for public inspection upon request. 4 -2- LSB 2509YC (1) 84 sc/nh 2/ 2