HF 130 (LSB 1929YH (1) 90)

HOUSE FILE 130

BY  LEVIN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the absentee voting period.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 53.8, subsection 1, paragraph a, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   Upon receipt of an application for an absentee ballot and immediately after the absentee ballots are printed, but not more than twenty forty days before the election, the commissioner shall mail an absentee ballot to the applicant within twenty-four hours, except as otherwise provided in subsection 3. The absentee ballot shall be sent to the registered voter by one of the following methods:
    Sec. 2.  Section 53.10, subsection 1, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Not more than twenty forty days before the date of the primary election or the general election, the commissioner shall provide facilities for absentee voting in person at the commissioner’s office. This service shall also be provided for other elections as soon as the ballots are ready, but in no case shall absentee ballots be available under this section more than twenty forty days before an election.
    Sec. 3.  Section 53.11, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  Not more than twenty forty days before the date of an election, satellite absentee voting stations shall be established upon receipt of a petition signed by not less than one hundred eligible electors requesting that a satellite absentee voting station be established at a location to be described on the petition. However, if a special election is scheduled in the county on a date that falls between the date of the regular city election and the date of the city runoff election, the commissioner is not required to establish a satellite absentee voting station for the city runoff election.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill changes the start of the absentee voting period from not more than 20 days before the date of an election to not more than 40 days before the date of an election.