Iowa Code § 52.33
Absentee voting by optical scan voting system
Iowa · Iowa Code Chapter 52 — Voting Systems · Status: effective
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- Iowa Code § 52.33, Absentee voting by optical scan voting system, Iowa, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2220079
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1. In any county in which the board of supervisors has adopted voting by means of an optical scan voting system, the commissioner shall also conduct absentee voting by use of such a system. In any other county, the commissioner may with approval of the board of supervisors conduct absentee voting by use of an optical scan voting system. All provisions of chapter 53 shall apply to such absentee voting, so far as applicable. In counties where absentee voting is conducted by use of an optical scan voting system, the special precinct counting board shall, at the time required by chapter 53, prepare absentee ballots for tabulation in the manner prescribed by this chapter.
2. The absentee and special precinct board shall follow the process prescribed in section 52.37, subsection 1, in handling damaged or defective ballots and in counting write-in votes on optical scan ballots.