Statutes > Iowa Statutes > Title 2 - Elections and Official Duties > Subtitle 1 - Elections > CHAPTER 48A - VOTER REGISTRATION > 48A.36 - ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION RECORD RETENTION IN VOTER REGISTRATION AGENCIES.

48A.36 - ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION RECORD RETENTION IN VOTER REGISTRATION AGENCIES.

        48A.36  ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION RECORD RETENTION IN
      VOTER REGISTRATION AGENCIES.
         1.  Voter registration agencies and the office of driver services
      of the state department of transportation may electronically transmit
      registration data to the state registrar of voters, who shall
      distribute the information, electronically or otherwise, to the
      appropriate commissioner in accordance with rules of the state voter
      registration commission and the state registrar of voters.  The state
      agency originating the registration data shall permanently retain an
      electronic copy of the form completed by the registrant, including
      the registrant's signature, and shall develop procedures for the
      retrieval and printing of that electronic document.  A printed copy
      of an electronic registration document shall be made only upon the
      agency's receipt of a court order.
         2.  Upon receipt of electronic registration data under subsection
      1, the state registrar of voters shall cause the updating of
      registration records.  The registrar shall notify the appropriate
      commissioner of the actions taken.
         Section History: Recent Form
         94 Acts, ch 1169, §37; 2004 Acts, ch 1083, §17, 37