Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 821 - Voter Registration Commission › Chapter 11 - Registration Procedure at the Office of Driver Services, Department of Transportation › Rule 821-11.6 - Signature on Attestation Required

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The signature required for voter registration shall be obtained
				in the following manner:
(1) In-person
			 applicants. At the conclusion of the applicant's business, applicants who apply
			 to register, or give information to update an existing registration shall be
			 asked to sign the registration application attestation, either on a paper copy
			 or an electronic version. Any applicant who fails to sign the attestation shall
			 be deemed to have declined to apply to register to vote.
(2) Online driver's license and nonoperator
			 identification card renewal applicants. During the online renewal transaction,
			 applicants shall be asked if they would like to register to vote or update an
			 existing voter registration record. If an applicant answers the question in the
			 affirmative, the applicant shall have the opportunity to select a political
			 party and affirm the use of the applicant's last digitized signature on file
			 with the office of driver services, department of transportation, to finalize
			 the voter registration transaction.
(3) Stand-alone online voter registration
			 applicants. The office of driver services, department of transportation, may
			 offer stand-alone online voter registration through its Web site to individuals
			 with current state-issued driver's licenses or nonoperator identification
			 cards. Applicants for voter registration must provide information from their
			 state-issued identification cards to begin the online voter registration
			 application, including the applicant's first and last name and date of birth as
			 they appear on the state-issued identification card, the last five digits of
			 the applicant's social security number, the state-issued identification card
			 number and the first five digits of the document discriminator number which is
			 printed on the state-issued identification card. Applicants who do not have a
			 state-issued identification card who attempt to use the stand-alone online
			 voter registration function shall be offered the opportunity to print,
			 complete, sign and mail a paper copy of the Iowa voter registration
			 application.
(4) A notice shall
			 appear on screen if a stand-alone online voter registration applicant
			 transaction is terminated because of incomplete information. The notice shall
			 instruct the applicant that the applicant may provide the required information
			 by completing a paper voter registration form and mailing it to the
			 commissioner's office or by completing a new application in person at the
			 commissioner's office. Applicants shall also be advised of election day and
			 in-person registration procedures under Iowa Code section
			 48A.7A.
(5) If a stand-alone online voter
			 registration applicant fails to make a party selection and the application is
			 for a new registration, the commissioner shall enter the selection as "no
			 party." If a stand-alone online voter registration applicant fails to make a
			 party selection and the applicant is already a registered voter in the county,
			 the previous party choice of the registrant shall be retained.