48A.10A Voter identification cards — verification of voter registration information.
1. The state registrar shall compare lists of persons who are registered to vote with the department of transportation’s driver’s license and nonoperator’s identification card files and shall, on an initial basis, issue a voter identification card to each active, registered voter whose name does not appear in the department of transportation’s files. The voter identification card shall include the name of the registered voter, a signature line above which the registered voter shall sign the voter identification card, the registered voter’s identification number assigned to the voter pursuant to section 47.7, subsection 2, and an additional four-digit personal identification number assigned by the state commissioner.
2. The commissioner shall issue voter identification cards on an ongoing basis as prescribed by the state registrar. The commissioner shall, as a part of the voter acknowledgment process required under sections 48A.26 and 48A.26A, issue a voter identification card to a registered voter under this subsection at the time of registration or update to registration if the registered voter’s name does not appear in the department of transportation’s driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card files. A registered voter whose name appears in the department of transportation’s driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card files shall not be issued a voter identification card pursuant to this section.
3. A person issued a voter identification card under this section shall not be charged any fee for the issuance or delivery of the voter identification card.
4. Implementation of this section shall be contingent upon appropriations by the general assembly in sufficient amounts to meet the requirements of this section.
5. The state registrar shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement this section.
2017 Acts, ch 110, §18, 35, 36
Referred to in §22.7(73), 48A.2, 49.78
Section takes effect July 1, 2017, and applies to elections held on or after that date; 2017 Acts, ch 110, §35, 36
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