90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Wednesday, November 11, 2026
SF 271: 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 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, 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, 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 with a population of at least 25,000 but less than 90,000, 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 14, 2023
- Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Mike Bousselot (R) · mike.bousselot@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Pam Jochum (D)
Lobbying · 1 for, 1 against
For: Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club
Against: Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps
In plain words
- February 13, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the State Government committee
- February 14, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Schultz, Bousselot 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/90/SF271