Amendment S-5123 to HF 2486
Relating to the conduct of elections, including emergency powers, procedures relating to electors, and the use of a county seal on materials related to elections
Adopted · June 10, 2020
Filed June 10, 2020 in the Senate by Sen. Roby Smith (R)
What it changes
AI summary This amendment adds a requirement for the state registrar of voters to use information from the electronic registration information center to update voter registration records. It also changes the rules for issuing voter identification cards and modifies how campaign signs can be placed on leased property.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 16, after line 16 by inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 47.7, Code 2020, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION .
- The state registrar of voters shall use information from the electronic registration information center to update information in the statewide voter registration system, including but not limited to the following reports: a. In-state duplicates. b. In-state updates. c. Cross-state matches. d. Deceased. e. Eligible but unregistered. f. National change of address. Sec. ___. Section 48A.10A, subsection 1, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows:
- The state registrar shall compare lists of persons who are registered to vote with the department of transportation’s driver’s license and nonoperator’s identification card files and shall, on an initial basis, issue a voter identification card to each active, registered voter whose name does not appear in the department of transportation’s files or upon the request of the registered voter . The voter identification card shall include the name of the registered voter, a signature line above which the registered voter shall sign the voter identification card, the registered voter’s identification number assigned to the voter pursuant to section 47.7, subsection 2 , and an additional four-digit personal identification number assigned by the state commissioner.”
- Page 22, after line 4 by inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 68A.406, subsection 1, paragraph f, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows: f. Property Notwithstanding paragraphs “d” and “e” , property leased by a candidate, committee, or an organization -1- S5117.4243 (2) 88 js/jh 1/ 2 established to advocate the nomination, election, or defeat of a candidate or the passage or defeat of a ballot issue that has not yet registered pursuant to section 68A.201 , when the property is used as campaign headquarters or a campaign office and the placement of the sign is limited to the space that is actually leased.”
- By striking page 25, line 19, through page 30, line
- By renumbering as necessary.