H.F. 2320 Section 1. Section 48A.35, Code 2014, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 48A.35 Voter registration records under control of the 3 commissioner. 4 1. The county commissioner of elections shall be 5 responsible for the maintenance and storage of all paper and 6 electronic voter registration records in the commissioner’s 7 custody. Original registration records shall not be removed 8 from the commissioner’s office or from any other designated 9 permanent storage location except upon request of a county 10 commissioner or a court order, as provided in subsection 2, 11 or as provided by section 48A.32 . The state registrar of 12 voters and the state voter registration commission shall adopt 13 administrative rules to implement this section . 14 2. The county commissioner of elections may store an 15 unaltered version of completed voter registration applications, 16 including the applicant’s signature, as an electronic document, 17 or in another format suitable for preserving information in 18 the registration record, regardless of the format in which the 19 application is submitted. 20 EXPLANATION 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 22 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 23 This bill relates to the storage of voter registration 24 applications. 25 Under current law, the county commissioner of elections is 26 responsible for the maintenance and storage of all paper and 27 electronic voter registration records in the commissioner’s 28 custody. The bill allows the county commissioner of elections 29 to store completed voter registration applications in the 30 commissioner’s custody as an electronic document, or in another 31 format suitable for preserving information in the registration 32 record, regardless of how submitted. 33 -1- LSB 5877HH (2) 85 aw/sc 1/ 1