(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.
Notes
Iowa Admin. Code r. 821-2.8
ARC 7883B, IAB 7/1/09,
effective 7/1/09
Amended by
IAB
February 03, 2016/Volume XXXVIII, Number 16, effective
1/5/2016
Amended by
IAB
November 8, 2017/Volume XL, Number 10, effective
12/31/2017
