Senate Study Bill 3058 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON DANIELSON) A BILL FOR An Act providing for ongoing absentee voter status. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 5514XC (2) 85 aw/sc

S.F. _____ Section 1. NEW SECTION . 53.4 Ongoing absentee voter. 1 A registered voter applying for an absentee ballot under 2 section 53.2 may request to receive an absentee ballot for 3 all subsequent elections in which that person is eligible to 4 vote and qualifies under section 53.1. The state commissioner 5 shall provide check boxes on the prescribed form for this 6 purpose. For all subsequent elections, the county commissioner 7 of elections shall automatically mail an absentee ballot to the 8 requesting voter, or automatically deliver an absentee ballot 9 if the requester is a confined person pursuant to section 10 53.22. A voter’s status as an ongoing absentee voter shall 11 be terminated upon the request of the voter or by the county 12 commissioner if the voter fails to qualify under section 53.1. 13 EXPLANATION 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 15 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 16 This bill allows an absentee voter to receive absentee 17 ballots for all subsequent elections without having to reapply 18 before each election. A person’s status as an ongoing absentee 19 voter can be terminated by that person or by the county 20 commissioner of elections if the person fails to qualify as an 21 absentee voter. 22 -1- LSB 5514XC (2) 85 aw/sc 1/ 1