53.7 - SOLICITATION BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.
53.7 SOLICITATION BY PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.
1. It shall be unlawful for any employee of the state or any
employee of a political subdivision to solicit any application or
request for application for an absentee ballot, or to take an
affidavit in connection with any absentee ballot while the employee
is on the employer's premises or otherwise in the course of
employment. However, any such employee may take such affidavit in
connection with an absentee ballot which is cast by the registered
voter in person in the office where such employee is employed in
accordance with section 53.10 or 53.11. This subsection shall not
apply to any elected official.
2. It is unlawful for any public officer or employee, or any
person acting under color of a public officer or employee, to
knowingly require a public employee to solicit an application or
request an application for an absentee ballot, or to knowingly
require an employee to take an affidavit or request for an affidavit
in connection with an absentee ballot application. Section History: Early Form
[SS15, § 1137-d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 933; C46, 50, 54, 58,
62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 53.7] Section History: Recent Form
91 Acts, ch 129, §18; 94 Acts, ch 1169, §64; 2002 Acts, ch 1071,
§11; 2002 Acts, ch 1175, §80; 2007 Acts, ch 59, §24, 38
Referred to in § 39A.4, 39A.5, 53.49