Bill Text: IA SF2127 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to voter records created and retained by the state commissioner of elections and county commissioners of elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-30 - Subcommittee: Schultz, Giddens, and Salmon. S.J. 170. [SF2127 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF2127-Introduced.html
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BY
SALMON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
voter
records
created
and
retained
by
the
1
state
commissioner
of
elections
and
county
commissioners
of
2
elections.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
48A.38,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5.
The
registrar
shall
not
impose
any
3
requirements
other
than
those
in
this
section
and
section
4
48A.39
on
the
preparation
of
a
list
of
registered
voters
and
5
shall
immediately
prepare
a
list
of
registered
voters
upon
the
6
satisfaction
of
the
requirements
of
this
section
and
section
7
48A.39.
8
Sec.
2.
Section
48A.39,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
9
follows:
10
48A.39
Use
of
registration
information.
11
Information
about
individual
registrants
obtained
from
12
voter
registration
records
shall
be
used
only
to
request
the
13
registrant’s
vote
at
an
election,
or
for
another
genuine
14
political
purpose,
or
for
a
bona
fide
official
purpose
by
15
an
elected
official,
or
for
bona
fide
political
research,
16
but
shall
not
be
used
for
any
commercial
purposes.
For
the
17
purposes
of
this
section,
“bona
fide
political
research”
18
includes
work
by
an
individual
to
research
and
help
maintain
19
the
voter
registration
database.
20
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
49.106
Records
preserved.
21
1.
At
the
conclusion
of
each
election,
the
state
22
commissioner
of
elections
shall
create
a
record
containing
all
23
information
in
the
statewide
voter
registration
database
at
the
24
time
of
the
election
for
each
voter
who
voted
in
the
election.
25
The
state
commissioner
of
elections
shall
maintain
this
record
26
for
eight
years.
27
2.
A
record
created
pursuant
to
this
section
shall
be
made
28
available
in
an
electronic
format
at
no
cost
upon
request,
29
except
that
if
the
record
is
too
large
to
be
transmitted
30
electronically,
the
requester
shall
provide
a
device
to
store
31
the
record.
32
Sec.
4.
NEW
SECTION
.
52.39
Ballot
logs.
33
1.
Each
commissioner
shall
create
a
log
of
each
vote
cast
in
34
the
county
for
each
primary
and
general
election,
which
must
be
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in
the
form
of
a
text,
comma,
or
tab
delimited
file
organized
1
in
the
order
in
which
ballots
were
processed.
The
log
must
2
include
all
of
the
following
information
for
each
ballot
cast
3
in
the
county,
if
available:
4
a.
The
sequential
identification
number.
5
b.
The
timestamp.
6
c.
The
method
by
which
the
ballot
was
cast.
A
ballot
that
7
was
cast
in
person
on
election
day
shall
be
labeled
“P”,
a
8
ballot
that
was
cast
as
an
absentee
ballot
shall
be
labeled
9
“A”,
and
a
ballot
that
was
cast
under
the
provisions
of
the
10
federal
Uniformed
and
Overseas
Citizens
Absentee
Voting
Act
11
shall
be
labeled
“U”.
12
d.
The
candidates
for
whom
the
ballot
was
marked.
13
e.
Batch
identification
number.
14
f.
Tabulator
identification
number.
15
2.
A
log
created
pursuant
to
this
section
shall
not
include
16
personally
identifiable
information
for
any
ballot,
including
a
17
voter’s
name,
voter
identification
number,
or
address.
18
3.
To
the
extent
possible,
data
in
the
log
shall
be
made
19
available
on
a
per
precinct
basis.
20
4.
A
log
created
pursuant
to
this
section
shall
be
made
21
available
in
an
electronic
format
at
no
cost
upon
request,
22
except
that
if
the
log
is
too
large
to
be
transmitted
23
electronically,
the
requester
shall
provide
a
device
to
store
24
the
log.
25
5.
A
log
created
pursuant
to
this
section
shall
be
26
maintained
for
eight
years
after
the
election
for
which
the
log
27
was
created.
28
6.
The
state
commissioner
of
elections
shall
adopt
rules
29
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
implement
this
section.
30
EXPLANATION
31
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
32
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
33
This
bill
relates
to
records
created
and
retained
by
the
34
state
commissioner
of
elections
and
county
commissioners
of
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elections.
1
The
bill
prohibits
the
state
registrar
of
voters
from
2
imposing
additional
requirements
on
the
preparation
of
a
list
3
of
registered
voters
other
than
those
in
Code
sections
48A.38
4
(lists
of
voters)
and
48A.39
(use
of
registration
information)
5
and
requires
the
state
registrar
of
voters
to
immediately
6
prepare
a
list
of
registered
voters
upon
the
satisfaction
of
7
those
requirements.
The
bill
defines
“bona
fide
political
8
research”,
which
is
a
permissible
use
of
information
obtained
9
from
voter
registration
records
under
current
law,
to
include
10
work
by
an
individual
to
research
and
help
maintain
the
voter
11
registration
database.
12
The
bill
requires
the
state
commissioner
of
elections
to
13
create
a
record
containing
all
information
in
the
statewide
14
voter
registration
database
at
the
time
of
an
election
for
each
15
voter
who
voted
in
that
election.
The
state
commissioner
of
16
elections
shall
maintain
the
record
for
eight
years.
A
person
17
may
request
an
electronic
copy
of
the
record
at
no
cost.
18
The
bill
also
requires
each
county
commissioner
of
elections
19
to
create
a
log
of
each
ballot
cast
at
each
primary
and
general
20
election
in
the
form
of
a
text,
comma,
or
tab
delimited
file.
21
The
log
must
include,
to
the
extent
possible,
each
ballot’s
22
sequential
identification
number,
timestamp,
method
of
voting,
23
selection
of
candidates,
batch
identification
number,
and
24
tabulator
identification
number.
The
log
shall
not
include
25
any
personally
identifiable
information
for
a
voter.
The
bill
26
requires
the
data
in
the
log
to
be
made
available
on
a
per
27
precinct
basis
if
possible.
A
person
may
request
an
electronic
28
copy
of
a
log
at
no
cost,
and
a
log
shall
be
maintained
for
29
eight
years
following
the
election
for
which
the
log
was
30
created.
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