2009 Iowa Code
Title 2 - Elections and Official Duties
Subtitle 1 - Elections
CHAPTER 48A - VOTER REGISTRATION
48A.9 - VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINES.

        48A.9  VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINES.
         1.  Registration closes at five p.m. eleven days before each
      election except primary and general elections.  For primary and
      general elections, registration closes at five p.m. ten days before
      the election.  An eligible elector may register during the time
      registration is closed in the elector's precinct but the registration
      shall not become effective until registration opens again in the
      elector's precinct, except as otherwise provided in section 48A.7A.
         2.  The commissioner's office shall be open from eight a.m. until
      at least five p.m. on the day registration closes before each
      regularly scheduled election.  However, if the last day to register
      to vote for a regularly scheduled election falls on the day after
      Thanksgiving, the deadline shall be the following Monday.
         3.  A registration form submitted by mail shall be considered on
      time if it is postmarked no later than the fifteenth day before the
      election, even if it is received by the commissioner after the
      deadline, or if the registration form is received by the commissioner
      no later than five p.m. on the last day to register to vote for an
      election, even if it is postmarked after the fifteenth day before the
      election.
         4.  Registration forms submitted to voter registration agencies,
      to motor vehicle driver's license stations, and to county treasurer's
      offices participating in county issuance of driver's licenses under
      chapter 321M shall be considered on time if they are received no
      later than five p.m. on the day registration closes for that
      election.  Offices or agencies other than the county commissioner's
      office are not required to be open for voter registration purposes at
      times other than their usual office hours.  

         94 Acts, ch 1169, §10; 98 Acts, ch 1073, § 12; 98 Acts, ch 1143, §
      13, 26; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §19, 115; 2007 Acts, ch 35, §3, 7
         Referred to in § 47.4, 48A.7A, 48A.26, 53.2