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SENATE
FILE
158
BY
SALMON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
casting
of
provisional
ballots
by
1
persons
registering
to
vote
on
election
day
or
when
casting
2
an
in-person
absentee
ballot.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
48A.7A,
subsection
5,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
5.
a.
If
a
person
registers
to
vote
under
this
section
at
3
a
polling
place
that
has
access
to
an
electronic
poll
book,
4
the
precinct
election
official
shall
verify
against
a
database
5
maintained
by
the
state
commissioner
that
the
person
has
not
6
been
convicted
of
a
felony
or,
if
the
person
has
been
convicted
7
of
a
felony,
the
person
has
had
the
person’s
voting
rights
8
restored.
If
the
precinct
election
official
determines
that
9
the
person
has
not
been
convicted
of
a
felony
or
has
been
10
convicted
of
a
felony
but
the
person’s
voting
rights
have
been
11
restored,
the
precinct
election
official
shall
furnish
a
ballot
12
to
the
voter.
If
the
database
indicates
that
the
person
has
13
been
convicted
of
a
felony
and
that
the
person’s
voting
rights
14
have
not
been
restored,
the
precinct
election
official
shall
15
challenge
the
person
under
section
49.79
.
16
b.
If
a
A
person
who
registers
to
vote
under
this
section
17
at
a
polling
place
that
does
not
have
access
to
an
electronic
18
poll
book,
the
person
shall
be
permitted
to
cast
a
provisional
19
ballot
under
section
49.81
,
and
the
absentee
and
special
voters
20
precinct
board,
appointed
pursuant
to
section
53.23
,
shall
21
verify
against
a
database
maintained
by
the
state
commissioner
22
that
the
person
has
not
been
convicted
of
a
felony
or,
if
the
23
person
has
been
convicted
of
a
felony,
the
person’s
voting
24
rights
have
been
restored.
If
information
in
the
database
25
indicates
that
the
person
has
not
been
convicted
of
a
felony
26
or,
if
the
person
has
been
convicted
of
a
felony,
the
person’s
27
voting
rights
have
been
restored,
the
voter’s
provisional
28
ballot
shall
be
counted.
If
the
database
indicates
that
the
29
person
has
been
convicted
of
a
felony
and
the
person’s
voting
30
rights
have
not
been
restored,
the
voter’s
provisional
ballot
31
shall
be
rejected.
32
EXPLANATION
33
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
34
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
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This
bill
requires
a
person
registering
to
vote
on
election
1
day
or
when
casting
an
in-person
absentee
ballot
to
cast
a
2
provisional
ballot.
The
absentee
and
special
voters
precinct
3
board
shall
then
count
the
provisional
ballot
only
if
the
board
4
determines
that
the
voter
was
eligible
to
vote.
Under
current
5
law,
a
person
registering
to
vote
on
election
day
or
when
6
casting
an
in-person
absentee
ballot
may
cast
a
regular
ballot
7
if
the
polling
place
can
verify
the
voter’s
eligibility
to
vote
8
using
an
electronic
poll
book.
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