48A.7A - ELECTION DAY AND IN-PERSON ABSENTEE REGISTRATION.
48A.7A ELECTION DAY AND IN-PERSON ABSENTEE
REGISTRATION.
1. a. A person who is eligible to register to vote and to
vote may register on election day by appearing in person at the
polling place for the precinct in which the individual resides and
completing a voter registration application, making written oath, and
providing proof of identity and residence.
b. (1) For purposes of this section, a person may establish
identity and residence by presenting to the appropriate precinct
election official a current and valid Iowa driver's license or Iowa
nonoperator's identification card or by presenting any of the
following current and valid forms of identification if such
identification contains the person's photograph and a validity
expiration date:
(a) An out-of-state driver's license or nonoperator's
identification card.
(b) A United States passport.
(c) A United States military identification card.
(d) An identification card issued by an employer.
(e) A student identification card issued by an Iowa high school
or an Iowa postsecondary educational institution.
(2) If the photographic identification presented does not contain
the person's current address in the precinct, the person shall also
present one of the following documents that shows the person's name
and current address in the precinct:
(a) Residential lease.
(b) Property tax statement.
(c) Utility bill.
(d) Bank statement.
(e) Paycheck.
(f) Government check.
(g) Other government document.
c. In lieu of paragraph "b", a person wishing to vote may
establish identity and residency in the precinct by written oath of a
person who is registered to vote in the precinct. The registered
voter's oath shall attest to the stated identity of the person
wishing to vote and that the person is a current resident of the
precinct. The oath must be signed by the attesting registered voter
in the presence of the appropriate precinct election official. A
registered voter who has signed an oath on election day attesting to
a person's identity and residency as provided in this paragraph is
prohibited from signing any further oaths as provided in this
paragraph on that day.
2. The oath required in subsection 1, paragraph "a", and in
paragraph "c", if applicable, shall be attached to the voter
registration application.
3. At any time before election day, and after the deadline for
registration in section 48A.9, a person who appears in person at the
commissioner's office or at a satellite absentee voting station or
whose ballot is delivered to a health care facility pursuant to
section 53.22 may register to vote and vote an absentee ballot by
following the procedure in this section for registering to vote on
election day. A person who wishes to vote in person at the polling
place on election day and who has not registered to vote before the
deadline for registering in section 48A.9, is required to register to
vote at the polling place on election day following the procedure in
this section. However, the person may complete the voter
registration application at the commissioner's office and, after the
commissioner has reviewed the completed application, may present the
application to the appropriate precinct election official along with
proof of identity and residency.
4. a. The form of the written oath required of the person
registering under this section shall read as follows:
I, ..... (name of registrant), do solemnly swear or affirm all of
the following:
I am a resident of the ... precinct, ... ward or township, city of
....., county of ....., Iowa.
I am the person named above.
I live at the address listed below.
I do not claim the right to vote anywhere else.
I have not voted and will not vote in any other precinct in this
election.
I understand that any false statement in this oath is a class "D"
felony punishable by no more than five years in confinement and a
fine of at least seven hundred fifty dollars but not more than seven
thousand five hundred dollars.
.............
Signature of Registrant
.............
Address
.............
Telephone (optional to provide)
Subscribed and sworn before me on .. (date).
.............
Signature of Precinct Election Official
b. The form of the written oath required of a person
attesting to the identity and residency of the registrant shall read
as follows:
I, ..... (name of registered voter), do solemnly swear or affirm
all of the following:
I am a preregistered voter in this precinct or I registered to
vote in this precinct today, and a registered voter did not sign an
oath on my behalf. I have not signed an oath attesting to the
identity and residence of any other person in this election.
I am a resident of the ... precinct, ... ward or township, city of
....., county of ....., Iowa.
I reside at ....... (street address) in ..... (city or township).
I personally know ..... (name of registrant), and I personally
know that ..... (name of registrant) is a resident of the ...
precinct, ..... ward or township, city of ....., county of .....,
Iowa.
I understand that any false statement in this oath is a class "D"
felony punishable by no more than five years in confinement and a
fine of at least seven hundred fifty dollars but not more than seven
thousand five hundred dollars.
.............
Signature of Registered Voter
Subscribed and sworn before me on .. (date).
.............
Signature of Precinct Election Official
Section History: Recent Form
2007 Acts, ch 35, §2, 7; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §242; 2008 Acts, ch
1115, §73--75
Referred to in § 39A.2, 48A.9, 48A.14, 48A.25A, 48A.26, 48A.26A,
49.11, 49.77, 49.79, 53.2