All new voter registration applications shall be verified. The
registrar may arrange with the department of transportation for county
commissioners of elections to verify voter registration records without
submitting the registration information to the registrar.
(1) When the application is received, the
commissioner shall compare the Iowa driver's license number, Iowa department of
transportation-issued nonoperator's identification card number, or the last
four digits of the social security number of each mail application with the
records of the department of transportation.
(2) All of the following information on the
application must match an existing record:
a.
All digits and numerals in the Iowa driver's license number, Iowa department of
transportation-issued nonoperator's identification card number, or the last
four digits of the social security number.
b. Name.
c. Date of birth, including the month, day
and year.
(3) If all
three required elements do not match, the applicant shall be assigned a status
of "pending" with reason "DL or SSN Not Verified." The applicant shall be
notified that the applicant's voter registration is in pending status and the
applicant will be required to show identification and proof of residence
pursuant to
721-21.3 (49,48A) before voting in the county. The notice shall include the following
statement:
"Your voter registration application is pending because the
information you provided on your application could not be verified. Your name,
date of birth and identification number were compared to the Iowa driver's
license records and your identification number cannot be verified.
"Any voter with a 'pending' registration status is required to
present an acceptable photo identification and proof of residence pursuant to
Iowa Code section
48A.8
in person before their ballot will be counted. You may submit identification
either by showing your identification in person when you vote or by mailing a
photocopy of your identification to the county commissioner's office."
(4) If the application is
verified, the registration record shall be made "active." The registrar or
commissioner shall keep records showing whether the information in the
application was verified and the date of the verification. If the application
cannot be verified, the record shall show what information on the application
did not match an existing record. The verification record shall be kept for the
period of time required in Iowa Code section 48A.32.
(5) If the application is verified, but the
registered voter's name does not appear in the department of
transportation-issued driver's license and nonoperator's identification card
files, the commissioner shall issue a voter identification card to the
registered voter's address on file pursuant to 2017 Iowa Acts, House File 516,
section 18.
Notes
Iowa Admin. Code r. 821-2.15
ARC 7883B, IAB 7/1/09,
effective 7/1/09
Amended by
IAB
November 8, 2017/Volume XL, Number 10, effective
12/31/2017
