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HOUSE
FILE
353
BY
WULF
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
eligibility
to
vote
or
stand
for
election
in
1
a
primary
election
or
caucus.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
43.17,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
43.17
Preclusion
of
partisan
nomination.
3
1.
A
person
shall
not
file
nomination
papers
under
this
4
chapter
on
behalf
of
a
candidate
if
nomination
papers
have
been
5
filed
pursuant
to
section
44.4
on
behalf
of
the
candidate
for
6
the
same
office
and
election
year.
7
2.
A
person
shall
not
file
nomination
papers
under
this
8
chapter
on
behalf
of
a
candidate
if
the
candidate
has
not
been
9
a
member
of
the
political
party
for
which
the
candidate
seeks
10
nomination
for
at
least
one
year
immediately
prior
to
the
date
11
of
filing.
This
subsection
does
not
apply
to
a
candidate
who
12
has
not
previously
cast
a
ballot
in
any
primary
or
general
13
election
and
who
is
not
a
member
of
another
political
party.
14
Sec.
2.
Section
43.38,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
15
follows:
16
43.38
Voter
confined
to
party
ticket.
17
The
elector
shall
be
allowed
to
vote
for
candidates
for
18
nomination
on
the
ballot
of
the
party
with
which
the
elector
19
is
has
been
registered
as
affiliated
for
the
thirty
days
20
immediately
preceding
the
primary
election,
or
with
which
the
21
elector
is
registered
as
affiliated
if
the
elector
has
not
22
previously
cast
a
ballot
in
any
primary
or
general
election
and
23
is
not
registered
as
affiliated
with
another
political
party
,
24
and
shall
receive
no
other
ballot.
The
voter
shall
mark
and
25
return
the
ballot
in
the
manner
provided
in
section
49.84
.
26
Sec.
3.
Section
43.43,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
27
follows:
28
43.43
Voter’s
declaration
of
eligibility.
29
Each
person
voting
at
a
primary
election
shall
sign
a
30
declaration
of
eligibility
which
shall
be
in
substantially
the
31
following
form:
32
I
do
solemnly
swear
or
affirm
that
I
am
a
resident
of
the
33
...........
precinct,
.........
ward
or
township,
city
of
34
......
,
county
of
......
,
Iowa.
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I
am
a
registered
voter.
I
have
not
voted
and
will
not
vote
1
in
any
other
precinct
in
this
election.
2
I
am
affiliated
with
the
......
party.
If
my
current
voter
3
registration
record
indicates
another
party
affiliation
or
no
4
party
affiliation,
I
swear
or
affirm
that
I
have
in
good
faith
5
changed
my
previously
declared
party
affiliation,
or
declared
6
my
party
affiliation,
not
later
than
thirty
days
before
this
7
primary
election
or
that
I
have
not
previously
cast
a
ballot
8
in
any
primary
or
general
election
and
that
I
am
not
currently
9
a
member
of
another
party,
and
now
desire
to
be
a
member
of
the
10
party
indicated
above.
11
..................................
12
Signature
of
voter
13
..................................
14
Address
15
(........)........................
16
Telephone
(optional)
17
Approved:
18
....................................
19
Election
board
member
20
......................
21
Date
22
Sec.
4.
Section
43.91,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
23
to
read
as
follows:
24
1.
Any
person
voting
at
a
precinct
caucus
must
be
a
person
25
who
is
or
will
by
the
date
of
the
next
general
election
become
26
an
eligible
elector,
who
has
not
already
participated
in
the
27
caucus
of
any
political
party
within
the
same
year,
and
who
28
is
a
resident
of
the
precinct
,
and
who
has
been
a
registered
29
member
of
the
political
party
holding
the
precinct
caucus
for
30
the
thirty
days
immediately
preceding
the
precinct
caucus
.
31
A
list
of
the
names
and
addresses
of
each
person
to
whom
32
a
ballot
was
delivered
or
who
was
allowed
to
vote
in
each
33
precinct
caucus
shall
be
prepared
by
the
caucus
chairperson
and
34
secretary
who
shall
certify
such
list
to
the
commissioner
at
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the
same
time
as
the
names
of
those
elected
as
delegates
and
1
party
committee
members
are
so
certified.
2
Sec.
5.
Section
53.2,
subsection
6,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
3
striking
the
subsection.
4
Sec.
6.
REPEAL.
Section
43.42,
Code
2025,
is
repealed.
5
EXPLANATION
6
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
7
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
8
This
bill
prohibits
a
person
from
filing
nomination
papers
9
on
behalf
of
a
candidate
for
a
partisan
nomination
if
the
10
candidate
has
not
been
a
member
of
the
political
party
for
11
which
the
candidate
seeks
nomination
for
at
least
one
year
12
immediately
prior
to
the
date
of
filing,
unless
the
candidate
13
has
not
previously
cast
a
ballot
in
any
primary
or
general
14
election
and
is
not
a
member
of
another
political
party.
15
The
bill
requires
a
person
to
have
been
registered
as
16
a
member
of
a
political
party
for
the
30
days
immediately
17
preceding
a
primary
election
or
caucus
held
by
the
political
18
party
in
order
to
be
allowed
to
vote
in
that
primary
election
19
or
caucus.
This
requirement
does
not
apply
to
a
person
who
has
20
not
previously
cast
a
ballot
in
any
primary
or
general
election
21
and
who
is
not
a
member
of
another
political
party.
The
bill
22
repeals
provisions
allowing
a
registered
voter
to
change
or
23
declare
a
political
party
affiliation
on
the
day
of
a
primary
24
election
or
by
submitting
an
absentee
ballot
request
form.
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