This bill amends various sections of Iowa's election laws to enhance the administration of elections. Key changes include the requirement for absentee ballot materials to include the voter's four-digit personal identification number instead of the previous voter identification number. It also prohibits special elections from being held on the first, second, or third Tuesdays preceding and following city or school elections. Additionally, the bill mandates that if a voter does not respond to an acknowledgment of their election day registration, the county commissioner must notify the county sheriff. Voter registration records, including forms, must now be maintained on the statewide voter registration system.

Further amendments include extending the period for maintaining election records from six months to twenty-two months for elections without federal offices, and removing the requirement to destroy nomination papers for primary candidates ten days before the general election if no contest is pending. The bill also eliminates the first and second Mondays following an election as potential days for canvassing and requires the special precinct election board to convene by 9:00 a.m. on election day to count absentee ballots. Lastly, it modifies the signature requirement for written protests of city budgets to be based on the city's population rather than the votes cast for governor in the last general election.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 9E.6, 39.2, 43.49, 46.24, 48A.26A, 48A.37, 50.9, 50.11, 50.12, 50.48, 50.21, 53.20, 47.2, 53.10, 53.23, 54.5, 260C.15, 52.41