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Section 53.1 - Right to vote — conditions. - 53.1 Right to vote — conditions. 1. Any registered voter...
Section 53.1A - Rules. - 53.1A Rules. The state commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to...
Section 53.2 - Application for ballot. - 53.2 Application for ballot. 1. a. Any registered voter, under...
Section 53.3 - Requirements for certain absentee ballot applications — prescribed form — receipt. - 53.3 Requirements for certain absentee ballot applications — prescribed form...
Section 53.4 - Absentee ballots — reports. - 53.4 Absentee ballots — reports. 1. Beginning on the first...
Section 53.7 - Solicitation by public employees. - 53.7 Solicitation by public employees. 1. It shall be unlawful...
Section 53.8 - Ballot mailed. - 53.8 Ballot mailed. 1. a. Upon receipt of an application...
Section 53.9 - Prohibited persons. - 53.9 Prohibited persons. No person required to file reports under...
Section 53.10 - Absentee voting at the commissioner’s office. - 53.10 Absentee voting at the commissioner’s office. 1. Not more...
Section 53.11 - Satellite absentee voting stations. - 53.11 Satellite absentee voting stations. 1. a. Not more than...
Section 53.12 - Duty of commissioner. - 53.12 Duty of commissioner. The commissioner shall enclose the absentee...
Section 53.13 - Voter’s affidavit on envelope. - 53.13 Voter’s affidavit on envelope. Repealed by 2014 Acts, ch...
Section 53.14 - Party affiliation. - 53.14 Party affiliation. Repealed by 2014 Acts, ch 1101, §31,...
Section 53.15 - Marking ballot. - 53.15 Marking ballot. 1. The registered voter, on receipt of...
Section 53.16 - Subscribing to affidavit. - 53.16 Subscribing to affidavit. After marking the ballot, the voter...
Section 53.17 - Mailing or delivering ballot. - 53.17 Mailing or delivering ballot. 1. If the commissioner mailed...
Section 53.17A - Absentee ballot tracking. - 53.17A Absentee ballot tracking. 1. For the purposes of this...
Section 53.18 - Manner of preserving ballot and application — review of affidavit — replacement ballots. - 53.18 Manner of preserving ballot and application — review of...
Section 53.19 - Listing absentee ballots. - 53.19 Listing absentee ballots. 1. The commissioner shall maintain a...
Section 53.20 - Special precinct established. - 53.20 Special precinct established. 1. There is established in each...
Section 53.21 - Replacement of lost or spoiled absentee ballots. - 53.21 Replacement of lost or spoiled absentee ballots. 1. A...
Section 53.22 - Balloting by confined persons. - 53.22 Balloting by confined persons. 1. For purposes of this...
Section 53.23 - Special precinct election board. - 53.23 Special precinct election board. 1. The election board of...
Section 53.24 - Counties using voting machines. - 53.24 Counties using voting machines. Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch...
Section 53.25 - Rejecting ballot. - 53.25 Rejecting ballot. 1. a. If the absentee voter’s affidavit...
Section 53.26 - Rejected ballots — how handled. - 53.26 Rejected ballots — how handled. 1. Every ballot not...
Section 53.27 - Rejection of ballot — return of envelope. - 53.27 Rejection of ballot — return of envelope. If the...
Section 53.30 - Ballots, ballot envelopes, and other information preserved. - 53.30 Ballots, ballot envelopes, and other information preserved. 1. At...
Section 53.31 - Challenges. - 53.31 Challenges. 1. Any person qualified to vote at the...
Section 53.32 - Ballot of deceased voter. - 53.32 Ballot of deceased voter. When it shall be made...
Section 53.33 - Unlawful return of ballot. - 53.33 Unlawful return of ballot. 1. For the purposes of...
Section 53.34 - False affidavit. - 53.34 False affidavit. Repealed by 2021 Acts, ch 147, §52,...
Section 53.35 - Refusal to return ballot. - 53.35 Refusal to return ballot. Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch...
Section 53.35A - Failure to return ballot. - 53.35A Failure to return ballot. It is unlawful for any...
Section 53.36 - Offenses by officers. - 53.36 Offenses by officers. Repealed by 2002 Acts, ch 1071,...
Section 53.37 - Definitions. - 53.37 Definitions. 1. This subchapter is intended to implement the...
Section 53.37A - State commissioner duties. - 53.37A State commissioner duties. The state commissioner of elections shall...
Section 53.38 - What constitutes registration. - 53.38 What constitutes registration. Whenever a ballot is requested pursuant...
Section 53.39 - Request for ballot — when available. - 53.39 Request for ballot — when available. 1. Section 53.2...
Section 53.40 - Request requirements — transmission of ballot. - 53.40 Request requirements — transmission of ballot. 1. a. A...
Section 53.41 - Records by commissioner — excess requests or ballots. - 53.41 Records by commissioner — excess requests or ballots. 1....
Section 53.42 - Voting in person in commissioner’s office. - 53.42 Voting in person in commissioner’s office. Notwithstanding the provision...
Section 53.43 - Identification on envelope. - 53.43 Identification on envelope. The envelopes used in connection with...
Section 53.44 - Affidavit to be signed and returned. - 53.44 Affidavit to be signed and returned. 1. The affidavit...
Section 53.45 - Special absentee ballot. - 53.45 Special absentee ballot. 1. a. As provided in this...
Section 53.46 - Powers and duties of state commissioner. - 53.46 Powers and duties of state commissioner. The state commissioner...
Section 53.47 - Materials furnished by department of administrative services. - 53.47 Materials furnished by department of administrative services. 1. In...
Section 53.48 - Postage on ballots. - 53.48 Postage on ballots. In the event the government of...
Section 53.49 - Applicable to armed forces and other citizens. - 53.49 Applicable to armed forces and other citizens. The provisions...
Section 53.50 - Appropriation. - 53.50 Appropriation. There is hereby appropriated to the state commissioner...
Section 53.51 - Rule of construction. - 53.51 Rule of construction. This subchapter shall be liberally construed...
Section 53.52 - Inconsistent provisions — rule. - 53.52 Inconsistent provisions — rule. The provision or provisions of...
Section 53.53 - Federal write-in ballots. - 53.53 Federal write-in ballots. 1. Upon receipt of an official...