House Study Bill 245 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON KAUFMANN) A BILL FOR An Act relating to elections, including political party 1 caucuses and updates to the statewide voter registration 2 system. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2554YC (4) 90 ss/ns
H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 43.91, Code 2023, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 43.91 Voter at caucus qualifications. 3 Any person voting at a precinct caucus must be a person who 4 is or will by the date of the next general election become 5 an eligible elector, who has not already participated in the 6 caucus of any political party within the same year, who has 7 been a member of the political party holding the precinct 8 caucus for seventy days immediately preceding the precinct 9 caucus, who is physically present at the location of the 10 precinct caucus, and who is a resident of the precinct. A list 11 of the names and addresses of each person to whom a ballot was 12 delivered or who was allowed to vote in each precinct caucus 13 shall be prepared by the caucus chairperson and secretary who 14 shall certify such list to the commissioner at the same time 15 as the names of those elected as delegates and party committee 16 members are so certified. 17 Sec. 2. Section 47.7, subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph 1, 18 Code 2023, is amended to read as follows: 19 The state registrar of voters shall may use information from 20 the electronic registration information center other entities 21 to update information in the statewide voter registration 22 system, including but not limited to reports related to any of 23 the following reports : 24 Sec. 3. Section 47.7, subsection 3, paragraph d, Code 2023, 25 is amended to read as follows: 26 d. Deceased persons . 27 Sec. 4. Section 47.7, subsection 3, paragraph e, Code 2023, 28 is amended by striking the paragraph. 29 EXPLANATION 30 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 31 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 32 This bill relates to elections. 33 The bill requires a person voting at a precinct caucus to 34 have been a member of the political party holding the caucus 35 -1- LSB 2554YC (4) 90 ss/ns 1/ 2
H.F. _____ for the 70 days immediately preceding the caucus and to be 1 physically present at the location of the precinct caucus. 2 The bill strikes a requirement that the state registrar 3 of voters use information from the electronic registration 4 information center to update information in the statewide 5 voter registration system, including a report of voters that 6 are eligible but unregistered. The bill allows the state 7 registrar of voters to use information from other entities to 8 update information in the statewide voter registration system, 9 including but not limited to reports related to certain subject 10 areas set forth under current law. 11 -2- LSB 2554YC (4) 90 ss/ns 2/ 2