Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 53.1 (2026)

Right to vote — conditions

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1. Any registered voter may, subject to the provisions of this chapter, vote at any election:

a. When the voter expects to be absent on election day during the time the polls are open from the precinct in which the voter is a registered voter. \n Tue Dec 09 22:30:56 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 53 (53, 1) §53.1, ABSENT VOTERS 2\n\n b. When, through illness or physical disability, the voter expects to be prevented from going to the polls and voting on election day.

c. When the voter expects to be unable to go to the polls and vote on election day.

2. A person who has been designated to have power of attorney by a registered voter does not have authority to request or to cast an absentee ballot on behalf of the registered voter. [SS15, §1137-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §927; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §53.1] 90 Acts, ch 1238, §28; 93 Acts, ch 143, §31; 94 Acts, ch 1169, §65; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201 Referred to in §53.2, 53.49 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1957–1970 · leading case: Wall v. Cnty. Bd. of Educ. of Johnson Cnty., 86 N.W.2d 231 (Iowa 1957).

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Wall v. Cnty. Bd. of Educ. of Johnson Cnty., 86 N.W.2d 231 (Iowa 1957). · cites it 2× “Twenty-two absent voter ballots were east. The trial court did not ag'ree with the contention and we approve the court’s ruling.”

Am. Lutheran Church v. Twedt, 173 N.W.2d 545 (Iowa 1970). · cites it 2× “1, page 201, we find: “* * * Since insufficiency of assets is very frequently due to' the necessity of paying testator’s debts before his devises or legacies can be satisfied, abatement is sometimes defined as though the deficiency in the assets were necessarily due to the…”

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