Iowa SF 160: A bill for an act relating to temporary in-person and remote learning instruction and instructional time requirements for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1064.) Effective date: 01/29/2021.

Bill Text

Senate
File
160
-
Introduced

SENATE
FILE
160

BY
SALMON

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
relating
to
the
use
of
automatic
tabulating
equipment
1

and
optical
scan
voting
systems.
2

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
49.26,
subsection
2,
Code
2025,
is
1

amended
to
read
as
follows:
2

2.
a.

The
commissioner
shall
determine
in
advance
of
each
3

election
conducted
for
a
city
of
three
thousand
five
hundred
or
4

less
population
or
for
any
school
district

whether
the
ballots
5

will
be
counted
by
automatic
tabulating
equipment
or
by
the
6

precinct
election
officials.
In
making
such
a
determination,
7

the
commissioner
shall
consider
voter
turnout
for
recent
8

similar
elections
and
factors
considered
likely
to
affect
voter
9

turnout
for
the
forthcoming
election.
10

b.

If
the
commissioner
concludes,
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
,
11

that
voting
will
probably
be
so
light
as
to
make
counting
of
12

ballots
by
the
precinct
election
officials
less
expensive
than
13

preparation
and
use
of
automatic
tabulating
equipment,
paper

14

ballots
may
be
used,
subject
to
paragraph
“c”
.
If
paper
ballots
15

are
used,
the
commissioner
shall
use
ballots
and
instructions
16

similar
to
those
used
when
the
ballots
are
counted
by
automatic
17

tabulating
equipment.
18

c.

Notwithstanding
a
determination
by
the
commissioner
19

pursuant
to
paragraph
“b”
,
upon
receipt
of
a
petition
signed
by
20

not
less
than
one
hundred
eligible
electors,
the
commissioner

21

shall
count
the
ballots
at
an
election
described
in
paragraph
22

“a”

using
automatic
tabulating
equipment.
A
petition
filed
23

under
this
paragraph
must
be
received
by
the
commissioner
24

not
later
than
5:00
p.m.
on
the
forty-second
day
before
the
25

election.
26

Sec.
2.
Section
52.1,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended

27

to
read
as
follows:
28

1.
At
all
elections
conducted
under
chapter
49
,
and
at
29

any
other
election
unless
the
commissioner
directs
otherwise
30

pursuant
to
section
49.26
,
votes
shall

may
be
cast,
registered,
31

recorded,
and
counted
by
means
of
optical
scan
voting
systems,
32

in
accordance
with
this
chapter
.
33

Sec.
3.
Section
52.2,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
34

follows:

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52.2
Optical
scan
voting
system
required
allowed
.
1

Notwithstanding
any
provision
to
the
contrary,
for
elections
2

held
on
or
after
November
4,
2008

July
1,
2025
,
a
county
shall
3

may
use
an
optical
scan
voting
system
only
.
The
requirements
4

of
the
federal
Help
America
Vote
Act,
Pub.
L.
No.
107-252,
116
5

Stat.
1666,
relating
to
disabled
voters
shall
may
be
met
by
a
6

county
through
the
use
of
electronic
ballot
marking
devices
7

that
are
compatible
with
an
optical
scan
voting
system.
8

EXPLANATION
9

The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10

the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11

This
bill
relates
to
the
use
of
automatic
tabulating
12

equipment
and
optical
scan
voting
systems
in
elections.
The
13

bill
strikes
provisions
requiring
the
use
of
optical
scan
14

voting
systems
in
all
elections
and
the
use
of
automatic
15

tabulating
equipment
in
certain
elections.
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