Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 821 - Voter Registration Commission › Chapter 2 - Voter Registration Forms, Acceptability, Registration Dates, and Effective Dates › Rule 821-2.8 - Incomplete Applications

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
			 No commissioner shall refuse to register or accept an application from an
			 applicant unable to specify the correct ward, precinct, or school district for
			 the applicant's address. The commissioner shall make a determination of the
			 correct political subdivisions from maps, legal descriptions, and other means
			 at the commissioner's disposal.
(2)
			 The notice mailed to applicants who submit incomplete voter registration
			 applications shall instruct the applicant that the applicant may provide the
			 required information in writing by appearing in person at the commissioner's
			 office to complete a new application or by mailing a new and complete
			 application. If the incomplete registration application is received during the
			 period in which registration is closed pursuant to Iowa Code section
			 48A.9
			 and by 5 p.m. on the Saturday before the election for general elections or by 5
			 p.m. on the Friday before the election for all other elections, the
			 commissioner shall send a notice advising the applicant of election day and
			 in-person absentee registration procedures under Iowa Code section
			 48A.7A.
(3) If the application does
			 not include the applicant's Iowa driver's license number, Iowa department of
			 transportation-issued nonoperator's identification card number, or the last
			 four digits of the applicant's social security number, and the applicant has
			 not indicated that the applicant does not have any of these numbers, the notice
			 described in subrule 2.8(2) shall also include the following statement:
"Your voter registration application cannot be accepted because
				it does not include an Iowa driver's license number, an Iowa nonoperator's
				identification number or the last four numbers of your social security number.
				You must submit a new voter registration form before you can be registered to
				vote in this county.
"If you have an Iowa driver's license, you must write that
				number on your voter registration form. If you do not have an Iowa driver's
				license, use the number from your Iowa nonoperator's identification card. If
				you do not have an identification card issued by the state of Iowa, write the
				last four numbers of your social security number on the form. If you don't have
				any of these identification numbers, please check the box next to 'NONE' on the
				form. Failure to provide any of the three forms of identification will require
				you to register to vote on election day. Please note it is a Class "D" felony
				to provide false information on a voter registration application."
(4) If the applicant reports that
			 the applicant has not been issued an Iowa driver's license, an Iowa department
			 of transportation-issued nonoperator's identification card number, or a social
			 security number, the commissioner shall assign a unique identifying number that
			 shall serve to identify the registrant for voter registration purposes and code
			 the registration status as "pending."
(5) The commissioner shall keep an incomplete
			 application for voter registration for 22 months after the date of the next
			 general election after the application was received.