House
File
2366
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Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
2366
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
622)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
4,
2014
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
local
elections
and
voter
registration
by
1
providing
for
electronic
storage
of
voter
registration
2
applications
by
a
county
and
by
providing
changes
in
the
3
process
for
filling
vacancies
in
elective
city
office.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
48A.35,
Code
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
48A.35
Voter
registration
records
under
control
of
the
3
commissioner.
4
1.
The
county
commissioner
of
elections
shall
be
5
responsible
for
the
maintenance
and
storage
of
all
paper
and
6
electronic
voter
registration
records
in
the
commissioner’s
7
custody.
Original
registration
records
shall
not
be
removed
8
from
the
commissioner’s
office
or
from
any
other
designated
9
permanent
storage
location
except
upon
request
of
a
county
10
commissioner
or
a
court
order,
as
provided
in
subsection
2,
11
or
as
provided
by
section
48A.32
.
The
state
registrar
of
12
voters
and
the
state
voter
registration
commission
shall
adopt
13
administrative
rules
to
implement
this
section
.
14
2.
The
county
commissioner
of
elections
may
store
an
15
unaltered
version
of
completed
voter
registration
applications,
16
including
the
applicant’s
signature,
as
an
electronic
document,
17
or
in
another
format
suitable
for
preserving
information
in
18
the
registration
record,
regardless
of
the
format
in
which
the
19
application
is
submitted.
20
Sec.
2.
Section
372.13,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
21
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
22
a.
(1)
By
appointment
by
the
remaining
members
of
the
23
council,
except
that
if
the
remaining
members
do
not
constitute
24
a
quorum
of
the
full
membership,
paragraph
“b”
shall
be
25
followed.
The
appointment
shall
be
made
within
sixty
days
26
after
the
vacancy
occurs
and
shall
be
for
the
period
until
the
27
next
pending
election
as
defined
in
section
69.12
,
and
shall
28
be
made
within
forty
days
after
the
vacancy
occurs
regular
29
city
election
described
in
section
376.1,
unless
there
is
an
30
intervening
special
election
for
that
city,
in
which
event
the
31
election
for
the
office
shall
be
placed
on
the
ballot
at
such
32
special
election
.
33
(2)
If
the
council
chooses
to
proceed
under
this
paragraph,
34
it
shall
publish
notice
in
the
manner
prescribed
by
section
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362.3
,
stating
that
the
council
intends
to
fill
the
vacancy
1
by
appointment
but
that
the
electors
of
the
city
or
ward,
as
2
the
case
may
be,
have
the
right
to
file
a
petition
requiring
3
that
the
vacancy
be
filled
by
a
special
election.
The
council
4
may
publish
notice
in
advance
if
an
elected
official
submits
5
a
resignation
to
take
effect
at
a
future
date.
The
council
6
may
make
an
appointment
to
fill
the
vacancy
after
the
notice
7
is
published
or
after
the
vacancy
occurs,
whichever
is
later.
8
However,
if
within
fourteen
days
after
publication
of
the
9
notice
or
within
fourteen
days
after
the
appointment
is
made,
10
there
is
filed
with
the
city
clerk
a
petition
which
requests
a
11
special
election
to
fill
the
vacancy,
an
appointment
to
fill
12
the
vacancy
is
temporary
and
the
council
shall
call
a
special
13
election
to
fill
the
vacancy
permanently,
under
paragraph
“b”
.
14
The
number
of
signatures
of
eligible
electors
of
a
city
for
a
15
valid
petition
shall
be
determined
as
follows:
16
(1)
(a)
For
a
city
with
a
population
of
ten
thousand
or
17
less,
at
least
two
hundred
signatures
or
at
least
the
number
of
18
signatures
equal
to
fifteen
percent
of
the
voters
who
voted
for
19
candidates
for
the
office
at
the
preceding
regular
election
at
20
which
the
office
was
on
the
ballot,
whichever
number
is
fewer.
21
(2)
(b)
For
a
city
with
a
population
of
more
than
ten
22
thousand
but
not
more
than
fifty
thousand,
at
least
one
23
thousand
signatures
or
at
least
the
number
of
signatures
equal
24
to
fifteen
percent
of
the
voters
who
voted
for
candidates
for
25
the
office
at
the
preceding
regular
election
at
which
the
26
office
was
on
the
ballot,
whichever
number
is
fewer.
27
(3)
(c)
For
a
city
with
a
population
of
more
than
fifty
28
thousand,
at
least
two
thousand
signatures
or
at
least
the
29
number
of
signatures
equal
to
ten
percent
of
the
voters
who
30
voted
for
candidates
for
the
office
at
the
preceding
regular
31
election
at
which
the
office
was
on
the
ballot,
whichever
32
number
is
fewer.
33
(4)
(d)
The
minimum
number
of
signatures
for
a
valid
34
petition
pursuant
to
subparagraphs
(1)
subparagraph
divisions
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(a)
through
(3)
(c)
shall
not
be
fewer
than
ten.
In
1
determining
the
minimum
number
of
signatures
required,
if
at
2
the
last
preceding
election
more
than
one
position
was
to
be
3
filled
for
the
office
in
which
the
vacancy
exists,
the
number
4
of
voters
who
voted
for
candidates
for
the
office
shall
be
5
determined
by
dividing
the
total
number
of
votes
cast
for
the
6
office
by
the
number
of
seats
to
be
filled.
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