§ Iowa Code § 53.10Absentee voting at the commissioner’s office

53.10 Absentee voting at the commissioner’s office.
1. Not more than twenty days before the date of the primary election or the general
election, the commissioner shall provide facilities for absentee voting in person at the
commissioner’s office. This service shall also be provided for other elections as soon as the
ballots are ready, but in no case shall absentee ballots be available under this section more
than twenty days before an election.
2. a. Each person who wishes to vote by absentee ballot at the commissioner’s office
shall first sign an application for a ballot including the following information: name, current
address, voter verification number, and the election for which the ballot is requested. The
person may report a change of address or other information on the person’s voter registration
record at that time. Prior to furnishing a ballot, the commissioner shall verify the person’s
identity as provided in section 49.78. The registered voter shall immediately mark the ballot;
enclose the ballot in a secrecy envelope, if necessary, and seal it in the envelope marked with
the affidavit; subscribe to the affidavit on the reverse side of the envelope; and return the
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absentee ballot to the commissioner. The commissioner shall record the numbers appearing
on the application and affidavit envelope along with the name of the registered voter.
b. For purposes of this subsection, “voter verification number” means the registered
voter’s driver’s license number or nonoperator’s identification card number assigned to
the voter by the department of transportation or the registered voter’s four-digit personal
identification number assigned to the voter by the state commissioner pursuant to section
48A.10A, subsection 1.
3. A voter shall not vote or offer to vote any ballot except such as the voter has received
from the commissioner. A voter voting an absentee ballot at the commissioner’s office shall
not take or remove any ballot from the commissioner’s office.
4. During the hours when absentee ballots are available in the office of the commissioner,
the absentee voting site is a polling place for purposes of section 39A.4, subsection 1,
paragraph “a”.
1191, §114; 2014 Acts, ch 1101, §17, 32; 2016 Acts, ch 1121, §5; 2017 Acts, ch 110, §8, 52, 54;
Subsection 2, paragraph b amended