48A.26 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF REGISTRATION FORM.
48A.26 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF REGISTRATION FORM.
1. a. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph "b",
within seven working days of receipt of a voter registration form or
change of information in a voter registration record the commissioner
shall send an acknowledgment to the registrant at the mailing address
shown on the registration form. The acknowledgment shall be sent by
nonforwardable mail.
b. For a voter registration form or change of information in
a voter registration record submitted at a precinct caucus, the
commissioner shall send an acknowledgment within forty-five days of
receipt of the form or change of information.
2. If the registration form appears on its face to be complete
and proper, the acknowledgment shall state that the registrant is now
a registered voter of the county. The acknowledgment shall also
specify the name of the precinct and the usual polling place for the
precinct in which the person is now registered. The acknowledgment
may include the political party affiliation most recently recorded by
the registrant.
3. If the registration form is missing required information
pursuant to section 48A.11, subsection 8, the acknowledgment shall
advise the applicant what additional information is required. The
commissioner shall enclose a new registration form for the applicant
to use. If the registration form has no address, the commissioner
shall make a reasonable effort to determine where the acknowledgment
should be sent. If the incomplete registration form is received
during the period in which registration is closed pursuant to section
48A.9 but by 5:00 p.m. on the Saturday before the election for
general and primary elections or by 5:00 p.m. on the Friday before
the election for all other elections, the commissioner shall send a
notice advising the applicant of election day and in-person absentee
registration procedures under section 48A.7A.
4. If the registrant applied by mail to register to vote and did
not answer either "yes" or "no" to the question in section 48A.11,
subsection 3, paragraph "a", the application shall be processed.
If the application is complete and proper in all other respects and
information on the application is verified, as required by section
48A.25A, the applicant shall be registered to vote and sent an
acknowledgment.
5. If the registrant applied by mail to register to vote and
answered "no" to the question in section 48A.11, subsection 3,
paragraph "a", the application shall not be processed. The
acknowledgment shall advise the applicant that the registration has
been rejected because the applicant indicated on the registration
form that the applicant is not a citizen of the United States.
6. If the acknowledgment is returned as undeliverable by the
United States postal service, the commissioner shall follow the
procedure described in section 48A.29, subsection 1.
7. If a registrant has not supplied enough information on a
registration form for the commissioner to determine the correct
precinct and other districts, the commissioner shall obtain the
information as quickly as possible either from the registrant or
other sources available to the commissioner.
8. An improperly addressed or delivered registration form shall
be forwarded to the appropriate county commissioner of registration
within two working days after it is received by any other official.
The date of registration shall be the date the registration form was
received by the first official. If the registration form was
postmarked fifteen or more days before an election and the
registration form was received by the first official after the close
of registration, the registration form shall be considered on time
for the election.
9. When a person who is at least seventeen and one-half years of
age but less than eighteen years of age registers to vote, the
commissioner shall maintain a record of the registration so as to
clearly indicate that it will not take effect until the registrant's
eighteenth birthday and that the person is registered and qualifies
to vote at any election held on or after that date. Section History: Recent Form
94 Acts, ch 1169, §27; 97 Acts, ch 170, § 15; 2004 Acts, ch 1083,
§14, 15, 37; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §79; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §17
Referred to in § 48A.11, 48A.26A