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IA SF413

IA SF413
A bill for an act relating to the conduct of elections, including absentee ballots and voter list maintenance activities, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1199.) Effective date: 03/08/2021. Applicability date: 01/01/2022.


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Introduced
02/18/2021
In Committee
Crossed Over
02/23/2021
Passed
03/08/2021
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
03/08/2021

Introduced Session

89th General Assembly

Bill Summary

A bill for an act relating to the conduct of elections, including absentee ballots and voter list maintenance activities, making penalties applicable, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly SSB 1199.) Effective date: 03/08/2021. Applicability date: 01/01/2022.

AI Summary

This bill makes several changes to the conduct of elections in Iowa, including: - Modifying requirements for absentee ballots, including the deadline for returning them, restrictions on who can return them, and the use of ballot drop boxes. - Increasing the signature requirements for nomination petitions for certain state and federal offices. - Establishing new requirements and penalties for election officials, including a process for the state commissioner to audit and oversee county commissioners' voter list maintenance activities. - Changing voter registration deadlines, voter ID requirements, and the hours that polling places are open on election day. - Prohibiting a person who has been nominated by a political party from being nominated by a nonparty political organization for the same office in the same election year. The bill also includes various effective and applicability dates.

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Other Sponsors (1)

State Government (Senate)

Last Action

Fiscal note. (on 06/28/2021)

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