Senate
File
80
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
80
BY
HOGG
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
voting
procedures
for
participants
in
the
1
Iowa
address
confidentiality
program.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
9E.3,
subsection
3,
Code
2019,
is
amended
1
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
Certification.
Upon
the
filing
of
a
complete
3
application,
the
secretary
shall
certify
the
eligible
person
4
as
a
program
participant.
A
program
participant
shall
be
5
certified
for
four
years
following
the
date
the
application
6
is
certified
by
the
secretary
unless
the
certification
is
7
canceled,
withdrawn,
or
invalidated.
The
secretary
shall
send
8
to
the
program
participant
certification,
in
a
form
prescribed
9
by
rule,
that
confirms
the
program
participant’s
participation
10
in
the
program.
The
secretary
shall
establish
by
rule
a
11
renewal
procedure
for
recertification.
12
Sec.
2.
Section
9E.6,
subsection
1,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
13
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
14
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
The
state
commissioner
of
elections
shall
15
adopt
rules
for
the
addition
of
the
program
participant’s
name
16
and
designated
address
to
the
election
register
of
the
precinct
17
where
the
program
participant
may
vote
at
the
request
of
the
18
program
participant.
19
Sec.
3.
Section
9E.6,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
20
following
new
subsection:
21
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4.
In
lieu
of
subsections
2
and
3,
a
22
program
participant
may
vote
in
person
pursuant
to
chapter
49
23
or
53,
subject
to
the
following
requirements:
24
a.
A
program
participant
voting
pursuant
to
chapter
49
25
shall
provide
the
program
participant’s
designated
address
when
26
the
program
participant
is
required
to
provide
the
program
27
participant’s
address.
The
certification
document
issued
28
pursuant
to
section
9E.3,
subsection
3,
shall
serve
as
proof
of
29
the
program
participant’s
residence.
30
b.
A
program
participant
voting
at
the
office
of
the
31
county
commissioner
of
elections
pursuant
to
section
53.10
32
shall
provide
the
program
participant’s
designated
address
33
on
the
program
participant’s
application
for
a
ballot.
The
34
program
participant
shall
provide
to
the
county
commissioner
of
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elections
the
certification
document
issued
pursuant
to
section
1
9E.3,
subsection
3,
prior
to
receiving
a
ballot.
The
county
2
commissioner
of
elections
shall
furnish
a
ballot
to
a
program
3
participant
who
has
completed
an
application
for
a
ballot
and
4
produced
such
a
certification
document.
5
Sec.
4.
Section
49.77,
subsection
1,
Code
2019,
is
amended
6
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
7
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
A
participant
in
the
address
8
confidentiality
program
established
pursuant
to
chapter
9E
9
shall
provide
the
participant’s
designated
address,
as
defined
10
in
section
9E.2,
on
the
voter’s
declaration
of
eligibility
11
in
lieu
of
the
participant’s
residential
address.
The
board
12
member
shall
approve
such
a
declaration
if
the
participant
13
furnishes
the
certification
document
issued
pursuant
to
section
14
9E.3,
subsection
3.
The
state
commissioner
of
elections
shall
15
prescribe
by
rule
an
alternate
method
for
those
counties
where
16
the
declaration
of
eligibility
is
printed
in
the
election
17
register.
18
Sec.
5.
Section
49.81,
subsection
5,
paragraph
a,
Code
2019,
19
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
20
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(3)
A
participant
in
the
address
21
confidentiality
program
established
pursuant
to
chapter
9E
22
shall
provide
the
participant’s
designated
address,
as
defined
23
in
section
9E.2,
on
the
envelope
in
lieu
of
the
participant’s
24
address.
25
Sec.
6.
Section
53.10,
subsection
2,
Code
2019,
is
amended
26
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
27
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
A
participant
in
the
address
28
confidentiality
program
established
pursuant
to
chapter
9E
29
shall
provide
on
the
application
for
an
absentee
ballot
the
30
participant’s
designated
address,
as
defined
in
section
9E.2,
31
in
lieu
of
the
program
participant’s
residential
address
and
32
furnish
the
certification
document
issued
pursuant
to
section
33
9E.3,
subsection
3,
to
the
commissioner
prior
to
receiving
a
34
ballot.
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EXPLANATION
1
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
2
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
3
This
bill
relates
to
voting
by
persons
participating
in
the
4
Iowa
address
confidentiality
program,
also
known
as
the
safe
5
at
home
program.
Under
current
law,
a
person
participating
in
6
the
address
confidentiality
program
who
wishes
to
vote
must
7
vote
absentee
by
mail.
The
bill
allows
such
a
person
to
vote
8
in-person
absentee
at
the
office
of
the
county
commissioner
9
of
elections
or
on
election
day
by
furnishing
proof
of
the
10
participant’s
participation
in
the
program,
which
shall
be
11
provided
by
the
state
commissioner
of
elections,
and
providing
12
the
designated
address
assigned
by
the
secretary
of
state
in
13
lieu
of
the
participant’s
residential
address.
The
bill
also
14
allows
a
participant
to
furnish
the
designated
address
on
an
15
application
for
an
absentee
ballot
at
the
office
of
the
county
16
commissioner
of
elections
and
on
an
envelope
containing
a
17
provisional
ballot.
The
bill
instructs
the
state
commissioner
18
of
elections
to
adopt
rules
for
the
addition
of
program
19
participants
to
the
appropriate
election
registers
at
the
20
request
of
the
program
participants.
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