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SF 53Died when the session ended · January 12, 2021

Relating to the electronic delivery of ballots to persons with certain physical disabilities

Topics:Elections & votingState government

Same legislation: HF 322

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Also covers HF 322.

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 12, 2021
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 19, 2021
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committee
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. 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 Voters with physical disabilities that make it hard to use paper ballots can now request to receive their absentee ballots electronically. If a county official approves the request, they will send a digital ballot that the voter can read and mark on a computer. After marking the ballot, the voter must print it out and return it the same way they would with a regular paper ballot.1

Read the official explanation

This bill relates to the electronic delivery of absentee ballots to certain persons. The bill requires the state commissioner of elections to include a space on absentee ballot request forms for a voter to indicate that the voter wants to receive an electronic absentee ballot because the voter has a physical disability that prevents the voter from reading and marking a physical ballot without the assistance of another person. mailed. If the county commissioner determines that the voter does not qualify to receive an electronic absentee ballot, the county commissioner shall inform the voter of the rejection, the reason therefore, and that the voter will receive a physical absentee ballot. The bill requires an electronic absentee ballot to be transmitted in a form that allows the voter to read and mark the ballot using a personal computer. The bill then requires the voter to print the absentee ballot and return it in the same manner as prescribed for physical absentee ballots. The bill does not allow a voter to return an absentee ballot electronically. The bill requires the state commissioner of elections to adopt rules regarding the form, transmission, and marking of electronic absentee ballots.

Full bill text2

Senate subcommittee

Named February 9, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§53.2§53.8

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Lobbying

6 for · 1 against · 2 undecided · Who →

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