2009 Iowa Code
Title 2 - Elections and Official Duties
Subtitle 1 - Elections
CHAPTER 48A - VOTER REGISTRATION
48A.14 - CHALLENGES OF VOTER REGISTRATIONS.

        48A.14  CHALLENGES OF VOTER REGISTRATIONS.
         1.  The registration of a registered voter may be challenged by
      another registered voter of the same county subject to the conditions
      and limitations of this section.  A challenge shall be a statement in
      writing to the commissioner alleging one or more of the following
      reasons the challenged registrant's registration should not have been
      accepted or should be canceled:
         a.  The challenged registrant is not a citizen of the United
      States.
         b.  The challenged registrant is less than seventeen and
      one-half years of age.
         c.  The challenged registrant is not a resident at the address
      where the registrant is registered.
         d.  The challenged registrant has falsified information on the
      registrant's registration form.
         e.  The challenged registrant has been convicted of a felony,
      and the registrant's voting rights have not been restored.
         f.  The challenged registrant has been adjudged by a court of
      law to be a person who is incompetent to vote and no subsequent
      proceeding has reversed that finding.
         2.  A challenge shall not contain allegations against more than
      one registered voter.
         3.  A challenge shall contain a statement signed by the challenger
      in substantially the following form:

         "I am a registered voter in (name of county) County, Iowa.  I
      swear or affirm that information contained on this challenge is true.
      I understand that knowingly filing a challenge containing false
      information is an aggravated misdemeanor."

         4.  A challenge may be filed at any time.  A challenge filed less
      than seventy days before a regularly scheduled election shall not be
      processed until after the pending election unless the challenge is
      filed within twenty days of the commissioner's receipt of the
      challenged registrant's registration form or notice of change to an
      existing registration.  A challenge filed against a person
      registering to vote pursuant to section 48A.7A is considered a
      challenge to a person offering to vote and must be filed under
      section 49.79.
         5.  A challenger may withdraw a challenge at any time before the
      hearing held pursuant to section 48A.16 by notifying the commissioner
      in writing of the withdrawal.  

         94 Acts, ch 1169, §15; 95 Acts, ch 67, §7; 98 Acts, ch 1185, § 4;
      2002 Acts, ch 1134, §22, 115; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §85
         Referred to in § 39A.3, 48A.15