House
File
2479
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2479
BY
THOMSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
eligibility
to
vote
in
a
primary
election
or
1
caucus.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
43.38,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
43.38
Voter
confined
to
party
ticket.
3
The
elector
shall
be
allowed
to
vote
for
candidates
for
4
nomination
on
the
ballot
of
the
party
with
which
the
elector
is
5
has
been
registered
as
affiliated
for
the
one
hundred
twenty
6
days
immediately
preceding
the
primary
election
,
and
shall
7
receive
no
other
ballot.
The
voter
shall
mark
and
return
the
8
ballot
in
the
manner
provided
in
section
49.84
.
9
Sec.
2.
Section
43.43,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
10
follows:
11
43.43
Voter’s
declaration
of
eligibility.
12
Each
person
voting
at
a
primary
election
shall
sign
a
13
declaration
of
eligibility
which
shall
be
in
substantially
the
14
following
form:
15
I
do
solemnly
swear
or
affirm
that
I
am
a
resident
of
the
16
...........
precinct,
.........
ward
or
township,
city
of
17
......
,
county
of
......
,
Iowa.
18
I
am
a
registered
voter.
I
have
not
voted
and
will
not
vote
19
in
any
other
precinct
in
this
election.
20
I
am
affiliated
with
the
......
party.
If
my
current
voter
21
registration
record
indicates
another
party
affiliation
or
no
22
party
affiliation,
I
swear
or
affirm
that
I
have
in
good
faith
23
changed
my
previously
declared
party
affiliation,
or
declared
24
my
party
affiliation,
not
later
than
one
hundred
twenty
days
25
before
this
primary
election,
and
now
desire
to
be
a
member
of
26
the
party
indicated
above.
27
....................................
28
Signature
of
voter
29
....................................
30
Address
31
(........)..........................
32
Telephone
(optional)
33
Approved:
34
....................................
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Election
board
member
1
......................
2
Date
3
Sec.
3.
Section
43.91,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
4
to
read
as
follows:
5
1.
Any
person
voting
at
a
precinct
caucus
must
be
a
person
6
who
is
or
will
by
the
date
of
the
next
general
election
become
7
an
eligible
elector,
who
has
not
already
participated
in
the
8
caucus
of
any
political
party
within
the
same
year,
and
who
9
is
a
resident
of
the
precinct
,
and
who
has
been
a
registered
10
member
of
the
political
party
holding
the
precinct
caucus
for
11
the
one
hundred
twenty
days
immediately
preceding
the
precinct
12
caucus
.
A
list
of
the
names
and
addresses
of
each
person
to
13
whom
a
ballot
was
delivered
or
who
was
allowed
to
vote
in
each
14
precinct
caucus
shall
be
prepared
by
the
caucus
chairperson
and
15
secretary
who
shall
certify
such
list
to
the
commissioner
at
16
the
same
time
as
the
names
of
those
elected
as
delegates
and
17
party
committee
members
are
so
certified.
18
Sec.
4.
Section
53.2,
subsection
6,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
19
striking
the
subsection.
20
Sec.
5.
REPEAL.
Section
43.42,
Code
2024,
is
repealed.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
requires
a
person
to
have
been
registered
as
25
a
member
of
a
political
party
for
the
120
days
immediately
26
preceding
a
primary
election
or
caucus
held
by
the
political
27
party
in
order
to
be
allowed
to
vote
in
that
primary
election
28
or
caucus.
The
bill
repeals
provisions
allowing
a
registered
29
voter
to
change
or
declare
a
political
party
affiliation
on
the
30
day
of
a
primary
election
or
by
submitting
an
absentee
ballot
31
request
form.
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