§ Iowa Code § 48A.37Electronic registration records

48A.37 Electronic registration records.
1. Voter registration records, including voter registration forms, shall be maintained in
an electronic medium on the statewide voter registration system. A history of local election
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participation shall be maintained as part of the electronic record for at least two general,
primary, school, and city elections. Absentee voting shall be recorded for the previous two
general and primary elections. After each election, the county commissioner shall update
telephone numbers provided by registered voters pursuant to section 49.77.
2. Electronic records shall include a status code designating whether the records are
active, inactive, incomplete, pending, unconfirmed, or canceled.
a. Inactive records are records of registered voters to whom notices have been sent
pursuant to section 48A.28, and who have not returned the card or otherwise responded
to the notice, and those records have been designated inactive pursuant to section 48A.29.
Inactive records are also records of registered voters to whom notices have been sent
pursuant to section 48A.26A and who have not responded to the notice. Incomplete records
are records missing required information pursuant to section 48A.11, subsection 8. Pending
records are records of applicants whose applications have not been verified pursuant to
section 48A.25A. Unconfirmed records are records of registered voters about whom the
state registrar or county commissioner has received information from a reliable source
indicating that the registered voter is not qualified. Canceled records are records that have
been canceled pursuant to section 48A.30. All other records are active records.
b. An inactive record shall be made active when the registered voter requests an absentee
ballot, votes at an election, registers again, or reports a change of name, address, telephone
number, or political party or organization affiliation. An incomplete record shall be made
active when a completed application is received from the applicant and verified pursuant to
section 48A.25A. A pending record shall be made active upon verification or upon the voter
providing identification pursuant to section 48A.8. An unconfirmed record shall be made
active upon the registered voter providing evidence that the registered voter is qualified.
35, §5, 7; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §81; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §20; 2021 Acts, ch 12, §30, 73; 2025 Acts,
ch 123, §10, 44
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