52.2 Optical scan voting system required.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, for elections held on or after November 4, 2008, a county shall use an optical scan voting system only. The requirements of the federal Help America Vote Act, Pub. L. No. 107-252, 116 Stat. 1666, relating to disabled voters shall be met by a county through the use of electronic ballot marking devices that are compatible with an optical scan voting system.
[S13, §1137-a8; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §905; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §52.2]
2004 Acts, ch 1083, §25, 37; 2007 Acts, ch 190, §6; 2008 Acts, ch 1176, §3, 10; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §16; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §19
Referred to in §47.10, 331.383
Structure Iowa Code
Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES
Section 52.1 - Voting systems — definitions.
Section 52.2 - Optical scan voting system required.
Section 52.3 - Terms of purchase — tax levy.
Section 52.4 - Examiners — term — removal.
Section 52.5 - Testing and examination of voting equipment.
Section 52.7 - Construction of machine approved — requirements.
Section 52.8 - Experimental use.
Section 52.11 - Locking of unused party row.
Section 52.12 - Exception — straight party voting.
Section 52.13 - Sample ballots.
Section 52.14 - Two sets of ballots.
Section 52.15 - Delivery of ballots and supplies.
Section 52.16 - Duties of election officers — independent ballots.
Section 52.20 - Injury to machine.
Section 52.21 - Canvass of vote — tally sheet.
Section 52.22 - Locking machine.
Section 52.23 - Written statements of election.
Section 52.24 - Separate ballots.
Section 52.25 - Summary of amendment or public measure.
Section 52.26 - Authorized optical scan voting system.
Section 52.27 - Commissioner to provide optical scan voting equipment.
Section 52.28 - Optical scan voting system ballot forms.
Section 52.29 - Optical scan voting system sample ballots.
Section 52.30 - Procedure where votes cast on ballot cards.
Section 52.31 - Procedure where votes cast on optical scan ballots.
Section 52.32 - Procedure upon closing polls.
Section 52.33 - Absentee voting by optical scan voting system.
Section 52.34 - Counting center established.
Section 52.35 - Equipment tested.
Section 52.36 - Commissioner in charge of counting center — appointment of resolution board.
Section 52.37 - Special precinct tabulation procedure.
Section 52.38 - Testing portable tabulating devices.
Section 52.40 - Early pick-up sites established — procedure.
Section 52.41 - Electronic transmission of election results.