House File 130 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 130 BY LEVIN A BILL FOR An Act relating to the absentee voting period. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 1929YH (1) 90 ss/ns

H.F. 130 Section 1. Section 53.8, subsection 1, paragraph a, 1 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2023, is amended to read as 2 follows: 3 Upon receipt of an application for an absentee ballot 4 and immediately after the absentee ballots are printed, but 5 not more than twenty forty days before the election, the 6 commissioner shall mail an absentee ballot to the applicant 7 within twenty-four hours, except as otherwise provided in 8 subsection 3 . The absentee ballot shall be sent to the 9 registered voter by one of the following methods: 10 Sec. 2. Section 53.10, subsection 1, Code 2023, is amended 11 to read as follows: 12 1. Not more than twenty forty days before the date of the 13 primary election or the general election, the commissioner 14 shall provide facilities for absentee voting in person at the 15 commissioner’s office. This service shall also be provided 16 for other elections as soon as the ballots are ready, but in 17 no case shall absentee ballots be available under this section 18 more than twenty forty days before an election. 19 Sec. 3. Section 53.11, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2023, 20 is amended to read as follows: 21 a. Not more than twenty forty days before the date of 22 an election, satellite absentee voting stations shall be 23 established upon receipt of a petition signed by not less than 24 one hundred eligible electors requesting that a satellite 25 absentee voting station be established at a location to be 26 described on the petition. However, if a special election is 27 scheduled in the county on a date that falls between the date 28 of the regular city election and the date of the city runoff 29 election, the commissioner is not required to establish a 30 satellite absentee voting station for the city runoff election. 31 EXPLANATION 32 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 33 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 34 This bill changes the start of the absentee voting period 35 -1- LSB 1929YH (1) 90 ss/ns 1/ 2

H.F. 130 from not more than 20 days before the date of an election to not 1 more than 40 days before the date of an election. 2 -2- LSB 1929YH (1) 90 ss/ns 2/ 2