Iowa § 48A.35 - 48A.35 Voter registration records under control of the commissioner.
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§ 48A.35. 48A.35 Voter registration records under control of the commissioner.
1. The county commissioner of elections shall be responsible for the maintenance and storage of all paper and electronic voter registration records in the commissioner’s custody. Original registration records shall not be removed from the commissioner’s office or from any other designated permanent storage location except upon request of a county commissioner or a court order, as provided in subsection 2, or as provided by section 48A.32. The state registrar of voters and the state voter registration commission shall adopt administrative rules to implement this section. 2. The county commissioner of elections may store an unaltered version of completed voter registration applications, including the applicant’s signature, as an electronic document, or in another format suitable for preserving information in the registration record, regardless of the format in which the application is submitted. 94 Acts, ch 1169, §36; 2014 Acts, ch 1101, §7 Wed Dec 10 22:23:16 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 48A.35 (19, 0)
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