Bill Text: IA HF48 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for ongoing absentee voter status.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-20 - Subcommittee, Watts, Highfill, and Stutsman. H.J. 125. [HF48 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF48-Introduced.html
House File 48 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY HUNTER A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing for ongoing absentee voter status. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1242YH (3) 86 aw/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 53.4 Ongoing absentee voter. 1 2 A registered voter applying for an absentee ballot under 1 3 section 53.2 may request to receive an absentee ballot for all 1 4 subsequent elections or for each subsequent general election 1 5 in which that person is eligible to vote and qualifies under 1 6 section 53.1. The state commissioner shall provide check boxes 1 7 on the prescribed form for this purpose. For all subsequent 1 8 elections or for each subsequent general election, the county 1 9 commissioner of elections shall automatically mail an absentee 1 10 ballot to the requesting voter, or automatically deliver an 1 11 absentee ballot if the requester is a person voting pursuant 1 12 to section 53.22. A voter's status as an ongoing absentee 1 13 voter shall be terminated upon the request of the voter or by 1 14 the county commissioner if the voter fails to qualify under 1 15 section 53.1 or if the voter subsequently fails to vote in two 1 16 consecutive general elections. 1 17 EXPLANATION 1 18 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 19 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 20 This bill allows an absentee voter to receive absentee 1 21 ballots for all subsequent general elections without having to 1 22 reapply before each election. A person's status as an ongoing 1 23 absentee voter can be terminated by that person, by the county 1 24 commissioner of elections if the person fails to qualify as an 1 25 absentee voter, or if the voter subsequently fails to vote in 1 26 two consecutive general elections.
