SF 2077: Relating to the casting of ballots by absent voters

What it does

This bill relates to the casting of ballots by absent voters. The bill requires an absentee ballot that is mailed to a voter to be enclosed in an unsealed affidavit envelope and with or in an unsealed return envelope, which shall then be enclosed in the delivery envelope, which shall not include a return address. If the ballot cannot be folded so that all the votes on the ballot will be hidden, the bill requires the commissioner to also send a secrecy envelope. The bill requires a registered voter to subscribe to an affidavit on an affidavit envelope by signing the envelope and writing the voter’s voter verification number.

Senate subcommittee · named January 22, 2026

• Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Cindy Winckler (D) · cindy.winckler@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 6 against

For: Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; VALOR Iowa

Against: Disability Rights Iowa; Iowa Chapter of Sierra Club; Iowa Developmental Disabilities Council; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Iowa State Association of County Auditors; League of Women Voters of Iowa

In plain words

1. January 21, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the State Government committee
2. January 22, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Rozenboom, Schultz and Winckler