HF2195 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the labelling of ballots by county commissioners of elections.

Elections

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: GOLDING, LARSON, HAYES, THOMSON, FETT, WILLIAMS, GERHOLD, SMITH, GEARHART, THOMPSON, BRADLEY and ANDREWS
Last action: 2026-01-29
Official status: Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 172 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to the labelling of ballots by county commissioners of elections.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to the labelling of ballots by county commissioners of elections.

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Bill History

2026-01-29 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 172 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the labelling of ballots by county commissioners of elections.

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House

File

2195

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2195

BY

GOLDING

,

LARSON

,

HAYES

,

THOMSON

,

FETT

,

WILLIAMS

,

GERHOLD

,

SMITH

,

GEARHART

,

THOMPSON

,

BRADLEY

,

and

ANDREWS

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

labelling

of

ballots

by

county

1

commissioners

of

elections.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

3

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2195

Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

52.39

Ballot

labels.

1

1.

Each

commissioner

shall

label

each

ballot

cast

in

the

2

county

for

each

primary

and

general

election.

The

label

must

3

indicate

whether

each

ballot

was

cast

in

person

on

election

4

day,

in

person

prior

to

election

day,

by

mail

other

than

under

5

the

provisions

of

the

federal

Uniformed

and

Overseas

Citizens

6

Absentee

Voting

Act,

by

mail

by

a

member

of

the

military

under

7

the

provisions

of

the

federal

Uniformed

and

Overseas

Citizens

8

Absentee

Voting

Act,

or

by

mail

by

an

overseas

citizen

under

9

the

provisions

of

the

federal

Uniformed

and

Overseas

Citizens

10

Absentee

Voting

Act.

11

2.

The

state

commissioner

of

elections

shall

adopt

rules

12

pursuant

to

chapter

17A

to

implement

this

section.

13

EXPLANATION

14

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

15

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

16

This

bill

requires

each

county

commissioner

of

elections

to

17

label

each

ballot

cast

at

each

primary

and

general

election.

18

The

label

must

indicate

the

method

by

which

the

ballot

was

19

cast,

including

by

differentiating

among

the

available

methods

20

of

casting

an

absentee

ballot.

21

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