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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026

SF 382: Relating to the conduct of elections, including the recounting of ballots, the mailing of absentee ballots, and in-person absentee voting

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 it does

This bill relates to the conduct of elections, including the recounting of ballots, the mailing of absentee ballots, and in-person absentee voting. The ballot changes the size of a recount board based on the population of the county. For a county with a population of fewer than 25,000 people, the bill requires a recount board to consist of two designees of each contestant and one person agreed upon by the designees. For a county of at least 25,000 but less than 90,000 people, the bill requires a recount board to consist of three designees of each contestant and one person agreed upon by the designees.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 23, 2021

  • Sen. R. Smith
  • Sen. Chris Cournoyer (R)
  • Sen. Pam Jochum (D)

Lobbying · 1 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club

In plain words

  1. February 16, 2021Filed in the Senate and sent to the State Government committee
  2. February 23, 2021Senate subcommittee named: R. Smith, Cournoyer and Jochum

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Wednesday, November 11, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/SF382