48A.14 Challenges of voter registrations.
1. The registration of a registered voter may be challenged by another registered voter of the same county subject to the conditions and limitations of this section. A challenge shall be a statement in writing to the commissioner alleging one or more of the following reasons the challenged registrant’s registration should not have been accepted or should be canceled:
a. The challenged registrant is not a citizen of the United States.
b. The challenged registrant is less than seventeen years of age.
c. The challenged registrant is not a resident at the address where the registrant is registered.
d. The challenged registrant has falsified information on the registrant’s registration form.
e. The challenged registrant has been convicted of a felony, and the registrant’s voting rights have not been restored.
f. The challenged registrant has been adjudged by a court of law to be a person who is incompetent to vote and no subsequent proceeding has reversed that finding.
2. A challenge shall not contain allegations against more than one registered voter.
3. A challenge shall contain a statement signed by the challenger in substantially the following form:
I am a registered voter in (name of county) County, Iowa. I swear or affirm that information contained on this challenge is true. I understand that knowingly filing a challenge containing false information is an aggravated misdemeanor.
4. A challenge may be filed at any time. A challenge filed less than seventy days before a regularly scheduled election shall not be processed until after the pending election unless the challenge is filed within twenty days of the commissioner’s receipt of the challenged registrant’s registration form or notice of change to an existing registration. A challenge filed against a person registering to vote pursuant to section 48A.7A is considered a challenge to a person offering to vote and must be filed under section 49.79.
5. A challenger may withdraw a challenge at any time before the hearing held pursuant to section 48A.16 by notifying the commissioner in writing of the withdrawal.
94 Acts, ch 1169, §15; 95 Acts, ch 67, §7; 98 Acts, ch 1185, §4; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §22, 115; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §85; 2017 Acts, ch 110, §57, 64
Referred to in §9E.6, 39A.3, 48A.15
Structure Iowa Code
Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES
Chapter 48A - VOTER REGISTRATION
Section 48A.1 - Statement of intent.
Section 48A.3 - Commissioner of registration.
Section 48A.4 - Qualification of officers.
Section 48A.5 - Voter qualifications.
Section 48A.5A - Determination of residence.
Section 48A.6 - Disqualified persons.
Section 48A.7 - Registration in person.
Section 48A.7A - Election day and in-person absentee registration.
Section 48A.8 - Registration by mail.
Section 48A.9 - Voter registration deadlines.
Section 48A.10 - Registration required.
Section 48A.10A - Voter identification cards — verification of voter registration information.
Section 48A.11 - Voter registration form.
Section 48A.12 - Federal mail voter registration form.
Section 48A.13 - Electronic signatures on voter registration records.
Section 48A.14 - Challenges of voter registrations.
Section 48A.15 - Commissioner’s action upon receipt of challenge or withdrawal.
Section 48A.16 - Hearing on challenge — appeal.
Section 48A.17 - Registration at commissioner’s office.
Section 48A.18 - Voter registration at motor vehicle driver’s license stations.
Section 48A.19 - Voter registration agencies.
Section 48A.20 - Prohibited acts by voter registration agency employees.
Section 48A.21 - Transmission of forms from agencies and driver’s license stations.
Section 48A.22 - Voter registration by volunteer organizations.
Section 48A.23 - Registration at educational institutions.
Section 48A.24 - Deadline for submitting voter registration forms.
Section 48A.25 - Compensation for assistance in completing registration forms.
Section 48A.25A - Verification of voter registration information.
Section 48A.26 - Acknowledgment of registration form.
Section 48A.26A - Acknowledgment of election day and in-person absentee registration form.
Section 48A.26B - Form of acknowledgment.
Section 48A.27 - Changes to voter registration records.
Section 48A.27A - Voting more than once — referral and examination.
Section 48A.28 - Systematic confirmation program.
Section 48A.29 - Procedure upon return of confirmation card.
Section 48A.30 - Cancellation of voter registration.
Section 48A.31 - Deceased persons record.
Section 48A.32 - Destruction or removal of canceled voter registration records.
Section 48A.33 - Declination of registration opportunity.
Section 48A.34 - Confidentiality of certain records.
Section 48A.35 - Voter registration records under control of the commissioner.
Section 48A.36 - Electronic registration record retention in voter registration agencies.
Section 48A.37 - Electronic registration records.
Section 48A.38 - Lists of voters.
Section 48A.39 - Use of registration information.
Section 48A.40 - Voter list maintenance reports.
Section 48A.41 - Voter registration maintenance audits — investigations.