Iowa HSB627 amends election laws, including voter registration, election security, and recounts.

Iowa HSB627 modifies election procedures in several areas. It mandates that voter registrations designated as incomplete, pending, or unconfirmed for 90 days be canceled if the registrant cannot be contacted or fails to provide necessary information. The bill also requires all election equipment to be secured with a tamper-evident seal at all times. Regarding recounts, it changes the threshold for conducting a recount of a public measure to a difference of at least 1 percent or 50 votes, whichever is lesser.

Iowa HSB627 amends election laws, including voter registration, election security, and recounts.

Iowa HSB627 modifies election procedures in several areas. It mandates that voter registrations designated as incomplete, pending, or unconfirmed for 90 days be canceled if the registrant cannot be contacted or fails to provide necessary information. The bill also requires all election equipment to be secured with a tamper-evident seal at all times. Regarding recounts, it changes the threshold for conducting a recount of a public measure to a difference of at least 1 percent or 50 votes, whichever is lesser.