48A.6 - DISQUALIFIED ELECTORS.
48A.6 DISQUALIFIED ELECTORS.
The following persons are disqualified from registering to vote
and from voting:
1. A person who has been convicted of a felony as defined in
section 701.7, or convicted of an offense classified as a felony
under federal law. If the person's rights are later restored by the
governor, or by the president of the United States, the person may
register to vote.
2. A person who is incompetent to vote. Certification by the
clerk of the district court that any such person has been found no
longer incompetent by a court shall qualify such person to again be
an elector, subject to the other provisions of this chapter. Section History: Recent Form
94 Acts, ch 1169, §7; 98 Acts, ch 1185, § 2; 2002 Acts, ch 1134,
§18, 115
Referred to in § 9E.3, 53.37
Proceedings regarding competency to vote, see §222.16, 229.27,
633.556
Restoration of rights by governor, see chapter 914