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House
File
819
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
819
BY
YOUNG
,
ZABNER
,
MATSON
,
and
DUNWELL
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
an
absentee
ballot
marking
pilot
program
for
1
voters
with
disabilities.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
53.5
Absentee
ballot
marking
pilot
1
program.
2
1.
The
state
commissioner
may
adopt
rules
pursuant
3
to
chapter
17A
to
implement
a
pilot
program
to
establish
4
procedures
to
enable
a
voter
with
a
disability
that
prevents
5
the
voter
from
marking
a
ballot
by
hand
to
independently
and
6
privately
mark
a
ballot
or
use
an
electronic
voting
device
that
7
produces
a
paper
record
using
nonvisual
access,
low-vision
8
access,
or
other
assistive
technology
in
order
for
the
voter
to
9
complete
an
absentee
ballot
by
mail
pursuant
to
this
chapter.
10
The
procedures
must
include
a
method
by
which
a
voter
with
a
11
disability
that
prevents
the
voter
from
marking
a
ballot
by
12
hand
to
request
an
absentee
ballot
by
mail.
13
2.
If
the
pilot
program
under
this
section
is
not
14
implemented
statewide,
the
pilot
program
must
include
a
15
sufficient
number
of
counties,
as
determined
by
the
state
16
commissioner,
to
conclude
whether
the
program
is
feasible
17
statewide.
18
3.
The
state
commissioner
shall
file
a
report
with
the
19
general
assembly
by
December
31
of
each
year
regarding
the
20
pilot
program
established
under
this
section.
21
4.
This
section
is
repealed
July
1,
2028.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
This
bill
allows
the
state
commissioner
of
elections
to
26
adopt
rules
to
establish
a
pilot
program
to
allow
voters
with
27
disabilities
that
prevent
such
voters
from
marking
ballots
by
28
hand
to
independently
and
privately
mark
absentee
ballots,
29
including
by
the
use
of
assistive
technology.
The
bill
30
requires
that
the
program
include
a
method
by
which
such
voters
31
can
request
an
absentee
ballot
by
mail.
32
If
the
pilot
program
under
the
bill
is
not
established
33
statewide,
the
bill
requires
that
the
program
be
established
34
in
a
sufficient
number
of
counties
to
allow
the
state
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commissioner
of
elections
to
determine
whether
the
program
is
1
feasible
statewide.
The
bill
requires
the
state
commissioner
2
of
elections
to
file
a
report
with
the
general
assembly
3
by
December
31
of
each
year
regarding
the
pilot
program
4
established
under
the
bill.
5
The
pilot
program
is
repealed
July
1,
2028.
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