House
File
716
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
716
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
WAYS
AND
MEANS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
245)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
elections,
including
political
party
1
caucuses,
updates
to
the
statewide
voter
registration
2
system,
and
costs
of
preparing
lists
of
voters.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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2554HV
(2)
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H.F.
716
Section
1.
Section
43.91,
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
43.91
Voter
at
caucus
——
qualifications.
3
Any
person
voting
at
a
precinct
caucus
must
be
a
person
who
4
is
or
will
by
the
date
of
the
next
general
election
become
5
an
eligible
elector,
who
has
not
already
participated
in
the
6
caucus
of
any
political
party
within
the
same
year,
who
has
7
been
a
member
of
the
political
party
holding
the
precinct
8
caucus
for
seventy
days
immediately
preceding
the
precinct
9
caucus,
who
is
physically
present
at
the
location
of
the
10
precinct
caucus,
and
who
is
a
resident
of
the
precinct.
A
list
11
of
the
names
and
addresses
of
each
person
to
whom
a
ballot
was
12
delivered
or
who
was
allowed
to
vote
in
each
precinct
caucus
13
shall
be
prepared
by
the
caucus
chairperson
and
secretary
who
14
shall
certify
such
list
to
the
commissioner
at
the
same
time
15
as
the
names
of
those
elected
as
delegates
and
party
committee
16
members
are
so
certified.
17
Sec.
2.
Section
47.7,
subsection
3,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
18
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
19
The
state
registrar
of
voters
shall
may
use
information
from
20
the
electronic
registration
information
center
other
entities
21
to
update
information
in
the
statewide
voter
registration
22
system,
including
but
not
limited
to
reports
related
to
any
of
23
the
following
reports
:
24
Sec.
3.
Section
47.7,
subsection
3,
paragraph
d,
Code
2023,
25
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
26
d.
Deceased
persons
.
27
Sec.
4.
Section
47.7,
subsection
3,
paragraph
e,
Code
2023,
28
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
29
Sec.
5.
Section
48A.38,
Code
2023,
is
amended
by
adding
the
30
following
new
subsection:
31
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4.
The
registrar
may
adjust
the
cost
of
32
preparation
imposed
pursuant
to
subsection
1
to
reflect
the
33
costs
of
processing
a
credit
card
payment
by
an
amount
not
to
34
exceed
the
cost
of
processing
the
credit
card
payment.
35
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2
H.F.
716
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
elections.
4
The
bill
requires
a
person
voting
at
a
precinct
caucus
to
5
have
been
a
member
of
the
political
party
holding
the
caucus
6
for
the
70
days
immediately
preceding
the
caucus
and
to
be
7
physically
present
at
the
location
of
the
precinct
caucus.
8
The
bill
strikes
a
requirement
that
the
state
registrar
9
of
voters
use
information
from
the
electronic
registration
10
information
center
to
update
information
in
the
statewide
11
voter
registration
system,
including
a
report
of
voters
that
12
are
eligible
but
unregistered.
The
bill
allows
the
state
13
registrar
of
voters
to
use
information
from
other
entities
to
14
update
information
in
the
statewide
voter
registration
system,
15
including
but
not
limited
to
reports
related
to
certain
subject
16
areas
set
forth
under
current
law.
The
bill
also
allows
a
17
county
or
state
registrar
of
voters
to
adjust
the
cost
of
18
preparation
of
a
list
of
registered
voters
and
other
election
19
data
to
reflect
the
costs
of
processing
a
credit
card
payment.
20
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2554HV
(2)
90
ss/ns
2/
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