48A.30 - CANCELLATION OF VOTER REGISTRATION.
48A.30 CANCELLATION OF VOTER REGISTRATION.
1. The voter registration of a registered voter shall be canceled
if any of the following occurs:
a. The registered voter dies. For the purposes of this
subsection, the commissioner may accept as evidence of death a notice
from the state registrar of vital statistics forwarded by the state
registrar of voters, a written statement from a member of the
registered voter's household, an obituary in a newspaper, a written
statement from an election official, or a notice from the county
recorder of the county where the registered voter died.
b. The registered voter registers to vote in another
jurisdiction, and the commissioner receives notice of the
registration from the registration official in the other
jurisdiction.
c. The registered voter requests the cancellation in writing.
For the purposes of this subsection, a confirmation by the registered
voter that the registered voter is no longer a resident of the county
constitutes a request for cancellation.
d. The clerk of the district court, or the United States
attorney, or the state registrar sends notice of the registered
voter's conviction of a felony as defined in section 701.7, or
conviction of an offense classified as a felony under federal law.
The clerk of the district court shall send notice of a felony
conviction to the state registrar of voters. The registrar shall
determine in which county the felon is registered to vote, if any,
and shall notify the county commissioner of registration for that
county of the felony conviction.
e. The clerk of the district court or the state registrar
sends notice that the registered voter has been declared a person who
is incompetent to vote under state law.
f. The registered voter's registration record has been
inactive pursuant to section 48A.29 for two successive general
elections.
2. When a registration is canceled pursuant to subsection 1,
paragraph "d", "e", or "f", the commissioner shall send a
notice of the cancellation to the registered voter. Section History: Recent Form
94 Acts, ch 1169, §31; 98 Acts, ch 1185, § 5; 2002 Acts, ch 1134,
§27, 28, 115
Referred to in § 48A.37