2009 Iowa Code
Title 2 - Elections and Official Duties
Subtitle 1 - Elections
CHAPTER 49 - METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS
49.68 - STATE COMMISSIONER TO FURNISH INSTRUCTIONS.

        49.68  STATE COMMISSIONER TO FURNISH INSTRUCTIONS.
         1.  The state commissioner with the approval of the attorney
      general shall prepare, and from time to time revise, written
      instructions to the voters relative to the rights of voters, and
      shall furnish each commissioner with copies of the instructions.
      Such instructions shall cover the following matters:
         a.  The procedure for registering to vote after the
      registration deadline has passed.
         b.  Instructions for voters who are required by law to show
      identification before voting.
         c.  General information on voting rights under applicable
      federal and state laws, including the following:
         (1)  Information on the right of an individual to cast a
      provisional ballot and the procedure for casting a provisional
      ballot.
         (2)  Federal and state laws regarding prohibitions on acts of
      fraud, misrepresentation, coercion, or duress.
         d.  Instructions on how to contact the appropriate officials
      if a voter believes the voter's rights have been violated.
         2.  The state commissioner shall prepare instructions relative to
      voting for each voting system in use in the state and shall furnish
      the county commissioner with copies of the instructions.  Such
      instructions shall cover the following matters:
         a.  The manner of obtaining ballots.
         b.  The manner of marking ballots.
         c.  That unmarked or improperly marked ballots will not be
      counted.
         d.  The method of gaining assistance in marking ballots.
         e.  That any erasures or identification marks, or otherwise
      spoiling or defacing a ballot, will render it invalid.
         f.  Not to vote a spoiled or defaced ballot.
         g.  How to obtain a new ballot in place of a spoiled or
      defaced one.
         h.  Any other matters thought necessary.  

         Section tory: Early Form

         [C97, § 1111; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 786, 787; C46, 50, 54,
      58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 49.68, 49.69; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 49.68; 81
      Acts, ch 34, § 29] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         2008 Acts, ch 1115, §94
         Referred to in § 49.71