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Code · Iowa · Chapter 48A — Voter Registration

48A.25A Verification of voter registration information.

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1. a. Upon receipt of an application for voter registration, the commissioner of registration shall compare the Iowa driver’s license number, the Iowa nonoperator’s identification card number, or the last four numerals of the social security number provided by the registrant with the records of the state department of transportation. To be verified, the voter registration record shall contain the same name, date of birth, and Iowa driver’s license number or Iowa nonoperator’s identification card number or whole or partial social security number as the records of the state department of transportation.
If the information cannot be verified, the application shall be recorded and the status of the voter’s record shall be designated as pending status. The commissioner of registration shall notify the applicant that the applicant is required to present identification described in section 48A.8, subsection 2, before voting for the first time in the county. If the information can be verified, a record shall be made of the verification and the status of the voter’s record shall be designated as active status.
b. This subsection shall not apply to applications received from registrants pursuant to section 48A.7A.
2. The voter registration commission shall adopt rules in accordance with chapter 17A to provide procedures for processing registration applications if the state department of transportation does not, before the close of registration for an election for which the voter registration would be effective, if verified, provide a report that the information on the application has matched or not matched the records of the department.
3. A voter registration record shall be designated as unconfirmed status if the registrant self-reports to be a noncitizen on the voter registration form and signs the portion of the form affirming the person’s United States citizenship.
4. This section does not apply to persons described in section 53.37 who are entitled to register to vote and to vote.
2004 Acts, ch 1083, §13, 37; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §356; 2005 Acts, ch 19, §19; 2007 Acts, ch 59, §42, 43; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §16; 2025 Acts, ch 123, §41
Referred to in §48A.26, 48A.37, 53.38
NEW subsection 3 and former subsection 3 renumbered as 4
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