48A.28 - SYSTEMATIC CONFIRMATION PROGRAM.
48A.28 SYSTEMATIC CONFIRMATION PROGRAM.
1. Each commissioner shall conduct a systematic program that
makes a reasonable effort to remove from the official list of
registered voters the names of registered voters who have changed
residence from their registration addresses. Either or both of the
methods described in this section may be used.
2. a. A commissioner may participate in the United States
postal service national change of address program, as provided in
section 48A.27. The state voter registration commission shall adopt
rules establishing specific requirements for participation and use of
the national change of address program.
b. A commissioner participating in the national change of
address program, in the first quarter of each calendar year, shall
send a notice and preaddressed, postage paid return card by
forwardable mail to each registered voter whose name was not reported
by the national change of address program and who has not voted in
two or more consecutive general elections and has not registered
again, or who has not reported a change to an existing registration,
or who has not responded to a notice from the commissioner or
registrar during the period between and following the previous two
general elections. The form and language of the notice and return
card shall be specified by the state voter registration commission by
rule. A registered voter shall not be sent a notice and return card
under this subsection more frequently than once in a four-year
period.
3. a. For a commissioner who is not participating in the
national change of address program, in February of each year the
commissioner shall mail a confirmation notice to each registered
voter in the county. The notice shall be sent by forwardable mail.
The notice shall include a preaddressed, postage paid return card for
the use of the registered voter or the recipient of the notice. The
card shall contain boxes for the recipient to check to indicate one
of the following:
(1) That the recipient is the registered voter named on the card,
and is still a resident at the address listed.
(2) That the recipient is the registered voter named on the card,
but is no longer a resident of the address listed.
(3) That the recipient is not the registered voter named on the
card, and the registered voter named on the card is not a resident of
the address listed.
b. The form and language of the confirmation notice and
return card shall be specified by the state voter registration
commission by rule. Section History: Recent Form
94 Acts, ch 1169, §29; 97 Acts, ch 170, § 19, 20; 2002 Acts, ch
1134, §25, 115; 2004 Acts, ch 1083, §16, 37; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201
Referred to in § 48A.29, 48A.37