House
Study
Bill
170
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
COWNIE)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
preservation
of
tally
lists
after
an
1
election.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
50.19,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
50.19
Preservation
and
destruction
of
books.
3
1.
The
commissioner
may
destroy
precinct
election
4
registers,
the
declarations
of
eligibility
signed
by
voters,
5
tally
lists,
and
other
material
pertaining
to
any
election
in
6
which
federal
offices
are
not
on
the
ballot,
except
the
tally
7
lists
and
abstracts
of
votes
which
have
not
been
electronically
8
recorded,
six
months
after
the
election
if
a
contest
is
not
9
pending.
If
a
contest
is
pending,
all
election
materials
10
shall
be
preserved
until
final
determination
of
the
contest.
11
Before
destroying
the
election
registers
and
declarations
12
of
eligibility,
the
commissioner
shall
prepare
records
as
13
necessary
to
permit
compliance
with
chapter
48A,
subchapter
V
.
14
Nomination
papers
for
primary
election
candidates
for
state
and
15
county
offices
shall
be
destroyed
ten
days
before
the
general
16
election,
if
a
contest
is
not
pending.
17
2.
Material
pertaining
to
elections
for
federal
offices,
18
including
ballots,
precinct
election
registers,
declarations
19
of
eligibility
signed
by
voters,
tally
lists,
documents
20
relating
to
absentee
ballots,
and
challenges
of
voters
,
shall
21
be
preserved
for
twenty-two
months
after
the
election.
If
a
22
contest
is
not
pending
the
materials
may
be
destroyed
at
the
23
end
of
the
retention
period.
24
EXPLANATION
25
This
bill
provides
that
tally
lists
prepared
for
an
election
26
be
preserved
for
22
months
after
an
election
for
federal
office
27
and
for
six
months
after
all
other
elections.
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