SSB 3058 (LSB 5514XC (2) 85)

SENATE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON DANIELSON)

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for ongoing absentee voter status.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  53.4  Ongoing absentee voter.

   A registered voter applying for an absentee ballot under section 53.2 may request to receive an absentee ballot for all subsequent elections in which that person is eligible to vote and qualifies under section 53.1. The state commissioner shall provide check boxes on the prescribed form for this purpose. For all subsequent elections, the county commissioner of elections shall automatically mail an absentee ballot to the requesting voter, or automatically deliver an absentee ballot if the requester is a confined person pursuant to section 53.22. A voter’s status as an ongoing absentee voter shall be terminated upon the request of the voter or by the county commissioner if the voter fails to qualify under section 53.1.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill allows an absentee voter to receive absentee ballots for all subsequent elections without having to reapply before each election. A person’s status as an ongoing absentee voter can be terminated by that person or by the county commissioner of elections if the person fails to qualify as an absentee voter.