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SENATE
FILE
159
BY
SALMON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
voter
records
created
and
retained
by
the
1
state
commissioner
of
elections
and
county
commissioners
of
2
elections.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
48A.38,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5.
The
registrar
shall
not
impose
any
3
requirements
other
than
those
in
this
section
and
section
4
48A.39
on
the
preparation
of
a
list
of
registered
voters
and
5
shall
immediately
prepare
a
list
of
registered
voters
upon
the
6
satisfaction
of
the
requirements
of
this
section
and
section
7
48A.39.
8
Sec.
2.
Section
48A.39,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
9
follows:
10
48A.39
Use
of
registration
information.
11
Information
about
individual
registrants
obtained
from
12
voter
registration
records
shall
be
used
only
to
request
the
13
registrant’s
vote
at
an
election,
or
for
another
genuine
14
political
purpose,
or
for
a
bona
fide
official
purpose
by
15
an
elected
official,
or
for
bona
fide
political
research,
16
but
shall
not
be
used
for
any
commercial
purposes.
For
the
17
purposes
of
this
section,
“bona
fide
political
research”
18
includes
work
by
an
individual
to
research
and
help
maintain
19
the
voter
registration
database.
20
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
49.106
Records
preserved.
21
1.
At
the
conclusion
of
each
election,
the
state
22
commissioner
of
elections
shall
create
a
record
containing
all
23
information
in
the
statewide
voter
registration
database
at
the
24
time
of
the
election
for
each
voter
who
voted
in
the
election,
25
which
must
be
organized
by
county.
The
state
commissioner
of
26
elections
shall
maintain
this
record
for
eight
years.
27
2.
A
record
created
pursuant
to
this
section
shall
be
made
28
available
in
an
electronic
format
at
no
cost
upon
request,
29
except
that
if
the
record
is
too
large
to
be
transmitted
30
electronically,
the
requester
shall
provide
a
device
to
store
31
the
record.
32
Sec.
4.
NEW
SECTION
.
52.39
Ballot
logs.
33
1.
Each
commissioner
of
a
county
with
a
population
of
at
34
least
one
hundred
thousand
based
on
the
most
recent
federal
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decennial
census
shall
create
a
log
of
each
vote
cast
in
the
1
county
for
each
primary
and
general
election,
which
must
be
2
in
the
form
of
a
text,
comma,
or
tab
delimited
file
organized
3
in
the
order
in
which
ballots
were
processed.
The
log
must
4
include
all
of
the
following
information
for
each
ballot
cast
5
in
the
county,
if
available:
6
a.
The
sequential
identification
number.
7
b.
The
timestamp.
8
c.
The
method
by
which
the
ballot
was
cast.
A
ballot
that
9
was
cast
in
person
on
election
day
shall
be
labeled
“P”,
a
10
ballot
that
was
cast
as
an
absentee
ballot
shall
be
labeled
11
“A”,
and
a
ballot
that
was
cast
under
the
provisions
of
the
12
federal
Uniformed
and
Overseas
Citizens
Absentee
Voting
Act
13
shall
be
labeled
“U”.
14
d.
The
candidates
for
whom
the
ballot
was
marked.
15
e.
Batch
identification
number.
16
f.
Tabulator
identification
number.
17
2.
Each
commissioner
of
a
county
with
a
population
of
less
18
than
one
hundred
thousand
based
on
the
most
recent
federal
19
decennial
census
shall
maintain
a
ballot
log
as
provided
in
20
subsection
1,
except
that
the
log
shall
only
include
ballots
21
that
were
cast
as
absentee
ballots.
22
3.
A
log
created
pursuant
to
this
section
shall
not
include
23
personally
identifiable
information
for
any
ballot,
including
a
24
voter’s
name,
voter
identification
number,
or
address.
25
4.
To
the
extent
possible,
data
in
the
log
shall
be
made
26
available
on
a
per
precinct
basis.
27
5.
A
log
created
pursuant
to
this
section
shall
be
made
28
available
in
an
electronic
format
at
no
cost
upon
request,
29
except
that
if
the
log
is
too
large
to
be
transmitted
30
electronically,
the
requester
shall
provide
a
device
to
store
31
the
log.
32
6.
A
log
created
pursuant
to
this
section
shall
be
33
maintained
for
eight
years
after
the
election
for
which
the
log
34
was
created.
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7.
The
state
commissioner
of
elections
shall
adopt
rules
1
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
implement
this
section.
2
EXPLANATION
3
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
4
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
5
This
bill
relates
to
records
created
and
retained
by
the
6
state
commissioner
of
elections
and
county
commissioners
of
7
elections.
8
The
bill
prohibits
the
state
registrar
of
voters
from
9
imposing
additional
requirements
on
the
preparation
of
a
list
10
of
registered
voters
other
than
those
in
Code
sections
48A.38
11
(lists
of
voters)
and
48A.39
(use
of
registration
information)
12
and
requires
the
state
registrar
of
voters
to
immediately
13
prepare
a
list
of
registered
voters
upon
the
satisfaction
of
14
those
requirements.
The
bill
defines
“bona
fide
political
15
research”,
which
is
a
permissible
use
of
information
obtained
16
from
voter
registration
records
under
current
law,
to
include
17
work
by
an
individual
to
research
and
help
maintain
the
voter
18
registration
database.
19
The
bill
requires
the
state
commissioner
of
elections
to
20
create
a
record
containing
all
information
in
the
statewide
21
voter
registration
database
at
the
time
of
an
election
for
each
22
voter
who
voted
in
that
election,
which
must
be
organized
by
23
county.
The
state
commissioner
of
elections
shall
maintain
the
24
record
for
eight
years.
A
person
may
request
an
electronic
25
copy
of
the
record
at
no
cost.
26
The
bill
also
requires
each
county
commissioner
of
elections
27
of
a
county
with
a
population
of
at
least
100,000
to
create
a
28
log
of
each
ballot
cast
at
each
primary
and
general
election
29
in
the
form
of
a
text,
comma,
or
tab
delimited
file.
The
30
log
must
include,
to
the
extent
possible,
each
ballot’s
31
sequential
identification
number,
timestamp,
method
of
voting,
32
selection
of
candidates,
batch
identification
number,
and
33
tabulator
identification
number.
The
log
shall
not
include
any
34
personally
identifiable
information
for
a
voter.
For
a
county
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with
a
population
of
less
than
100,000,
the
bill
requires
the
1
county
commissioner
of
elections
to
maintain
a
similar
ballot
2
log,
but
only
for
absentee
ballots.
The
bill
requires
the
3
data
in
the
log
to
be
made
available
on
a
per
precinct
basis
4
if
possible.
A
person
may
request
an
electronic
copy
of
a
5
log
at
no
cost,
and
a
log
shall
be
maintained
for
eight
years
6
following
the
election
for
which
the
log
was
created.
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