48A.9 - VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINES.
48A.9 VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINES.
1. Registration closes at five p.m. eleven days before each
election except primary and general elections. For primary and
general elections, registration closes at five p.m. ten days before
the election. An eligible elector may register during the time
registration is closed in the elector's precinct but the registration
shall not become effective until registration opens again in the
elector's precinct, except as otherwise provided in section 48A.7A.
2. The commissioner's office shall be open from eight a.m. until
at least five p.m. on the day registration closes before each
regularly scheduled election. However, if the last day to register
to vote for a regularly scheduled election falls on the day after
Thanksgiving, the deadline shall be the following Monday.
3. A registration form submitted by mail shall be considered on
time if it is postmarked no later than the fifteenth day before the
election, even if it is received by the commissioner after the
deadline, or if the registration form is received by the commissioner
no later than five p.m. on the last day to register to vote for an
election, even if it is postmarked after the fifteenth day before the
election.
4. Registration forms submitted to voter registration agencies,
to motor vehicle driver's license stations, and to county treasurer's
offices participating in county issuance of driver's licenses under
chapter 321M shall be considered on time if they are received no
later than five p.m. on the day registration closes for that
election. Offices or agencies other than the county commissioner's
office are not required to be open for voter registration purposes at
times other than their usual office hours. Section History: Recent Form
94 Acts, ch 1169, §10; 98 Acts, ch 1073, § 12; 98 Acts, ch 1143, §
13, 26; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §19, 115; 2007 Acts, ch 35, §3, 7
Referred to in § 47.4, 48A.7A, 48A.26, 53.2