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Bill History for House Study Bill 58

A study bill relating to elections and voter registration by requiring the election of township officers on a nonpartisan basis, prohibiting the processing of certain voter registration applications, removing the requirement for separate entrances to buildings where polling places for more than one precinct are located, relating to use of voting machines or paper ballots at certain elections, requiring names of candidates for nonpartisan office to be printed on the ballot in alphabetical order, relating to information printed on a certain portion of the ballot, modifying opening hours of the polls at certain elections, allowing the voter's declaration of eligibility to be printed on the election register, striking the requirement that a voter's name be announced by a precinct election official, relating to the abstract of votes for county offices, relating to appointment of observers present when ballots are counted, allowing absentee voting at the commissioner's off
In State Government
January 25, 2005 Recorded
January 26, 2005 State Government: Jacobs Chair, Taylor, T., Greiner, Wendt, Upmeyer, Boal, Gaskill

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LSB 1580YC House Study Bill 58
LSB 1580HV House File 644

Bill History for House File 644

By COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
A bill for an act relating to elections and voter registration by making certain corrective changes, prohibiting the processing of certain voter registration applications, allowing certain voter registrations to be submitted after the deadline, removing the requirement for separate entrances to buildings where polling places for more than one precinct are located, requiring names of candidates for nonpartisan office to be printed on the ballot in alphabetical order, relating to information printed on a certain portion of the ballot, modifying opening hours of the polls at certain elections, allowing the voter's declaration of eligibility to be printed on the election register, relating to the abstract of votes for county offices, relating to appointment of observers present when ballots are counted, allowing absentee voting at the commissioner's office for part of the day of the election for certain elections, modifying the time period during which a person may request an absentee ballot, requiring the registered voter's date of birth on the absentee ballot application, clarifying that certain confined persons may vote an absentee ballot in person at the commissioner's office, changing the deadline for challenging an absentee voter's qualifications, relating to persons nominated for city office by write-in votes, repealing the provisions declaring it unlawful for an absentee voter to fail to return the voter's absentee ballot, and including an applicability date provision.
March 09, 2005 Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 587.
March 14, 2005 Amendments H-1065, H-1067 filed. H.J. 668.
March 15, 2005 Amendment H-1077 filed. H.J. 701.
March 16, 2005 Amendment H-1067 lost. H.J. 741.
March 16, 2005 Amendment H-1065 adopted. H.J. 742.
March 16, 2005 Amendment H-1077 lost. H.J. 746.
March 16, 2005 Passed House, ayes 98, nays none. H.J. 746.
March 23, 2005 Explanation of vote. H.J. 876.
March 16, 2005 Immediate message. H.J. 747.
March 17, 2005 Message from House. S.J. 550.
March 17, 2005 Read first time, passed on file. S.J. 550.
March 21, 2005 Referred to State Government. S.J. 575.
April 05, 2005 Subcommittee, Danielson, Zieman, Hancock, and McKibben. S.J. 746.
April 07, 2005 Committee report, recommending passage. S.J. 806.
April 14, 2005 Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 905.
April 19, 2005 Referred to State Government. S.J. 953.
April 28, 2005 Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. S.J. 1056.
April 28, 2005 Committee amendment S-3200 filed. S.J. 1057.
April 28, 2005 Amendment S-3201 filed, lost. S.J. 1064.
April 28, 2005 Point of order raised on S-3200, ruled in order. S.J. 1064.
April 28, 2005 Deferred. S.J. 1064.
April 28, 2005 Motion filed to reconsider vote on S-3201. S.J. 1073.
May 20, 2005 Referred to State Government. S.J. 1238.
January 09, 2006 * * * * * END OF 2005 ACTIONS * * * * *