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Iowa

Chapter 53 — Absent Voters
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53.1 Right to vote — conditions.
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53.1A Rules.
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53.2 Application for ballot.
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53.3 Requirements for certain absentee ballot applications — prescribed form — receipt.
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53.4 Absentee ballots — reports.
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53.5 Reserved.
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53.6 Reserved.
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53.7 Solicitation by public employees.
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53.8 Ballot mailed.
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53.9 Prohibited persons.
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53.10 Absentee voting at the commissioner’s office.
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53.11 Satellite absentee voting stations.
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53.12 Duty of commissioner.
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53.13 Voter’s affidavit on envelope. Repealed by 2014 Acts, ch 1101, §31, 32. See §53.8.
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53.14 Party affiliation. Repealed by 2014 Acts, ch 1101, §31, 32.
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53.15 Marking ballot.
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53.16 Subscribing to affidavit.
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53.17 Mailing or delivering ballot.
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53.17A Absentee ballot tracking.
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53.18 Manner of preserving ballot and application — review of affidavit — replacement ballots.
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53.19 Listing absentee ballots.
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53.20 Special precinct established.
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53.21 Replacement of lost or spoiled absentee ballots.
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53.22 Balloting by confined persons.
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53.23 Special precinct election board.
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53.24 Counties using voting machines. Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch 57, §96.
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53.25 Rejecting ballot.
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53.26 Rejected ballots — how handled.
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53.27 Rejection of ballot — return of envelope.
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53.28 Reserved.
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53.29 Reserved.
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53.30 Ballots, ballot envelopes, and other information preserved.
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53.31 Challenges.
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53.32 Ballot of deceased voter.
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53.33 Unlawful return of ballot.
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53.34 False affidavit. Repealed by 2021 Acts, ch 147, §52, 54. See §39A.2.
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53.35 Refusal to return ballot. Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 59, §37, 38.
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53.35A Failure to return ballot.
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53.36 Offenses by officers. Repealed by 2002 Acts, ch 1071, §15. See §39A.2 – 39A.5.
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53.37 Definitions.
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53.37A State commissioner duties.
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53.38 What constitutes registration.
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53.39 Request for ballot — when available.
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53.40 Request requirements — transmission of ballot.
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53.41 Records by commissioner — excess requests or ballots.
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53.42 Voting in person in commissioner’s office.
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53.43 Identification on envelope.
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53.44 Affidavit to be signed and returned.
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53.45 Special absentee ballot.
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53.46 Powers and duties of state commissioner.
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53.47 Materials furnished by department of administrative services.
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53.48 Postage on ballots.
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53.49 Applicable to armed forces and other citizens.
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53.50 Appropriation.
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53.51 Rule of construction.
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53.52 Inconsistent provisions — rule.
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53.53 Federal write-in ballots.
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