Bill Text: IA HSB514 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study bill relating to absentee voting by uniformed and overseas citizens.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-28 - Voted - State Government. [HSB514 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HSB514-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
514
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Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
SECRETARY
OF
STATE
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
absentee
voting
by
uniformed
and
overseas
1
citizens.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
53.45,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2016,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
The
application
for
a
special
absentee
ballot
shall
not
3
be
filed
earlier
than
ninety
one
hundred
twenty
days
prior
to
4
the
general
election.
The
special
absentee
ballot
shall
list
5
the
offices
and
measures,
if
known,
scheduled
to
appear
on
the
6
general
election
ballot.
The
eligible
elector
may
use
the
7
special
absentee
ballot
to
write
in
the
name
of
any
eligible
8
candidate
for
each
office
and
may
vote
on
any
measure.
9
Sec.
2.
Section
53.53,
subsection
1,
Code
2016,
is
amended
10
to
read
as
follows:
11
1.
Upon
receipt
of
an
official
federal
write-in
ballot,
the
12
commissioner
shall
examine
the
voter’s
written
declarations
13
on
the
envelope.
If
it
appears
that
the
voter
is
eligible
to
14
vote
under
the
provisions
of
this
subchapter
,
has
applied
in
a
15
timely
fashion
for
an
absentee
ballot,
and
has
complied
with
16
all
requirements
for
the
federal
write-in
ballot,
then
the
17
federal
write-in
ballot
is
valid
unless
the
an
Iowa
absentee
18
ballot
is
received
from
the
voter
in
time
to
be
counted.
19
Sec.
3.
Section
53.53,
subsection
4,
paragraph
b,
Code
2016,
20
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
This
bill
relates
to
absentee
voting
by
uniformed
and
25
overseas
citizens.
26
Under
current
law,
eligible
electors
may
request
and
then
27
vote
using
a
special
absentee
ballot
for
general
elections
if
28
the
eligible
elector
will
be
residing,
stationed,
or
working
29
outside
of
the
continental
United
States
and
if
the
eligible
30
elector
will
be
unable
to
vote
and
return
a
regular
absentee
31
ballot
through
normal
mail
delivery.
The
bill
extends
the
32
allowable
time
for
filing
an
application
for
a
special
absentee
33
ballot
from
90
to
120
days.
34
Under
current
law,
military
and
overseas
voters
are
allowed
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to
vote
in
primary
and
general
elections,
as
well
as
certain
1
special
elections,
by
voting
and
submitting
a
federal
write-in
2
absentee
ballot.
The
bill
strikes
current
requirements
3
related
to
a
voter’s
submission
of
a
regular
absentee
ballot
4
application
for
a
voter’s
federal
write-in
absentee
ballot
to
5
be
counted.
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