2009 Iowa Code
Title 2 - Elections and Official Duties
Subtitle 1 - Elections
CHAPTER 48A - VOTER REGISTRATION
48A.29 - PROCEDURE UPON RETURN OF CONFIRMATION CARD.

        48A.29  PROCEDURE UPON RETURN OF CONFIRMATION CARD.
         1.  If a confirmation notice and return card sent pursuant to
      section 48A.28 is returned as undeliverable by the United States
      postal service, the commissioner shall make the registration record
      inactive and shall mail a notice to the registered voter at the
      registered voter's most recent mailing address, as shown by the
      registration records.
         a.  The notice shall be sent by forwardable mail, and shall
      include a postage paid preaddressed return card on which the
      registered voter may state the registered voter's current address.
         b.  The notice shall contain a statement in substantially the
      following form:

         "Information received from the United States postal service
      indicates that you are no longer a resident of (residence address) in
      (name of county) County, Iowa.  If this information is not correct,
      and you still live in (name of county) County, please complete and
      mail the attached postage paid card at least ten days before the
      primary or general election and at least eleven days before any other
      election at which you wish to vote.  If the information is correct,
      and you have moved, please contact a local official in your new area
      for assistance in registering there.  If you do not mail in the card,
      you may be required to show identification before being allowed to
      vote in (name of county) County.  If you do not return the card, and
      you do not vote in some election in (name of county) County, Iowa, on
      or before (date of second general election following the date of the
      notice) your name will be removed from the list of voters in that
      county."

         2.  When a detachable return card originally attached to a
      confirmation notice is returned indicating that the registered voter
      is still a resident of the address shown on the registration records,
      the commissioner shall make a record of the date the card was
      received.
         3.  When a detachable return card originally attached to a
      confirmation notice is returned by anyone other than the registered
      voter indicating that the registered voter is no longer a resident of
      the registration address, the commissioner shall make the
      registration record inactive, and shall mail a notice to the
      registered voter at the registered voter's most recent mailing
      address, as shown by the registration records.
         a.  The notice shall be sent by forwardable mail, and shall
      include a postage paid preaddressed return card on which the
      registered voter may state the registered voter's current address.
         b.  The notice shall contain a statement in substantially the
      following form:

         "Information received by this office indicates that you are no
      longer a resident of (residence address) in (name of county) County,
      Iowa.  If the information is not correct, and you still live at that
      address, please complete and mail the attached postage paid card at
      least ten days before the primary or general election and at least
      eleven days before any other election at which you wish to vote.  If
      the information is correct, and you have moved within the county, you
      may update your registration by listing your new address on the card
      and mailing it back.  If you have moved outside the county, please
      contact a local official in your new area for assistance in
      registering there.  If you do not mail in the card, you may be
      required to show identification before being allowed to vote in (name
      of county) County.  If you do not return the card, and you do not
      vote in some election in (name of county) County, Iowa, on or before
      (date of second general election following the date of the notice)
      your name will be removed from the list of registered voters in that
      county."
      

         94 Acts, ch 1169, §30; 97 Acts, ch 170, § 21, 22; 2002 Acts, ch
      1134, §26, 115; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §25; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §148
         Referred to in § 48A.26, 48A.30, 48A.37