Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to voter identification for absent voters
Topics:Elections & voting
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 20, 2022
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People voting by mail or using a drop box would need to include a photocopy of their ID with their completed ballot. Election officials would then check this ID to make sure it is valid before counting the vote, just like they do for people voting in person.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to voter identification requirements for absent voters. The bill requires an absent voter who returns a completed absentee ballot to the commissioner’s office, by mail, or to a ballot drop box to include with the completed ballot a photocopy of a voter identification document that would satisfy the voter identification requirements for a voter voting in person on election day. The bill also requires the members of the absentee ballot and special voters precinct board to verify the validity of the identification in the same manner as a precinct election official verifying the identity of a voter voting in person prior to counting a ballot.
Iowa Code it changes
Lobbying
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