HF 716 (LSB 2554HV (2) 90)

HOUSE FILE 716

BY  COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 245)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to elections, including political party caucuses, updates to the statewide voter registration system, and costs of preparing lists of voters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 43.91, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   43.91  Voter at caucus —— qualifications.
   Any person voting at a precinct caucus must be a person who is or will by the date of the next general election become an eligible elector, who has not already participated in the caucus of any political party within the same year, who has been a member of the political party holding the precinct caucus for seventy days immediately preceding the precinct caucus, who is physically present at the location of the precinct caucus, and who is a resident of the precinct. A list of the names and addresses of each person to whom a ballot was delivered or who was allowed to vote in each precinct caucus shall be prepared by the caucus chairperson and secretary who shall certify such list to the commissioner at the same time as the names of those elected as delegates and party committee members are so certified.
    Sec. 2.  Section 47.7, subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   The state registrar of voters shall may use information from the electronic registration information center other entities to update information in the statewide voter registration system, including but not limited to reports related to any of the following reports:
    Sec. 3.  Section 47.7, subsection 3, paragraph d, Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   d.  Deceased persons.
    Sec. 4.  Section 47.7, subsection 3, paragraph e, Code 2023, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 5.  Section 48A.38, Code 2023, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  The registrar may adjust the cost of preparation imposed pursuant to subsection 1 to reflect the costs of processing a credit card payment by an amount not to exceed the cost of processing the credit card payment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to elections.
   The bill requires a person voting at a precinct caucus to have been a member of the political party holding the caucus for the 70 days immediately preceding the caucus and to be physically present at the location of the precinct caucus.
   The bill strikes a requirement that the state registrar of voters use information from the electronic registration information center to update information in the statewide voter registration system, including a report of voters that are eligible but unregistered. The bill allows the state registrar of voters to use information from other entities to update information in the statewide voter registration system, including but not limited to reports related to certain subject areas set forth under current law. The bill also allows a county or state registrar of voters to adjust the cost of preparation of a list of registered voters and other election data to reflect the costs of processing a credit card payment.