Bill Text: IA SF2079 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the use of automatic tabulating equipment and optical scan voting systems.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-23 - Subcommittee: Schultz, Bisignano, and Salmon. S.J. 139. [SF2079 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF2079-Introduced.html
Senate
File
2079
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2079
BY
SALMON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
use
of
automatic
tabulating
equipment
1
and
optical
scan
voting
systems.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
49.26,
subsection
2,
Code
2024,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
a.
The
commissioner
shall
determine
in
advance
of
each
3
election
conducted
for
a
city
of
three
thousand
five
hundred
or
4
less
population
or
for
any
school
district
whether
the
ballots
5
will
be
counted
by
automatic
tabulating
equipment
or
by
the
6
precinct
election
officials.
In
making
such
a
determination,
7
the
commissioner
shall
consider
voter
turnout
for
recent
8
similar
elections
and
factors
considered
likely
to
affect
voter
9
turnout
for
the
forthcoming
election.
10
b.
If
the
commissioner
concludes,
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
,
11
that
voting
will
probably
be
so
light
as
to
make
counting
of
12
ballots
by
the
precinct
election
officials
less
expensive
than
13
preparation
and
use
of
automatic
tabulating
equipment,
paper
14
ballots
may
be
used,
subject
to
paragraph
“c”
.
If
paper
ballots
15
are
used,
the
commissioner
shall
use
ballots
and
instructions
16
similar
to
those
used
when
the
ballots
are
counted
by
automatic
17
tabulating
equipment.
18
c.
Notwithstanding
a
determination
by
the
commissioner
19
pursuant
to
paragraph
“b”
,
upon
receipt
of
a
petition
signed
by
20
not
less
than
one
hundred
eligible
electors,
the
commissioner
21
shall
count
the
ballots
at
an
election
described
in
paragraph
22
“a”
using
automatic
tabulating
equipment.
A
petition
filed
23
under
this
paragraph
must
be
received
by
the
commissioner
24
not
later
than
5:00
p.m.
on
the
forty-second
day
before
the
25
election.
26
Sec.
2.
Section
52.1,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
27
to
read
as
follows:
28
1.
At
all
elections
conducted
under
chapter
49
,
and
at
29
any
other
election
unless
the
commissioner
directs
otherwise
30
pursuant
to
section
49.26
,
votes
shall
may
be
cast,
registered,
31
recorded,
and
counted
by
means
of
optical
scan
voting
systems,
32
in
accordance
with
this
chapter
.
33
Sec.
3.
Section
52.2,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
34
follows:
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52.2
Optical
scan
voting
system
required
allowed
.
1
Notwithstanding
any
provision
to
the
contrary,
for
elections
2
held
on
or
after
November
4,
2008
July
1,
2024
,
a
county
shall
3
may
use
an
optical
scan
voting
system
only
.
The
requirements
4
of
the
federal
Help
America
Vote
Act,
Pub.
L.
No.
107-252,
116
5
Stat.
1666,
relating
to
disabled
voters
shall
may
be
met
by
a
6
county
through
the
use
of
electronic
ballot
marking
devices
7
that
are
compatible
with
an
optical
scan
voting
system.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
relates
to
the
use
of
automatic
tabulating
12
equipment
and
optical
scan
voting
systems
in
elections.
The
13
bill
strikes
provisions
requiring
the
use
of
optical
scan
14
voting
systems
in
all
elections
and
the
use
of
automatic
15
tabulating
equipment
in
certain
elections.
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