Iowa Statutes § 53.37 Definitions
Statute Text
1.
This subchapter is intended to implement the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act,
42 U.S.C. §
1973ff
et seq.
2.
The term
"armed forces of the United States"
, as used in this subchapter, shall mean the army, navy, marine corps, coast guard, air force, and space force of the United States.
3.
For the purpose of absentee voting only, there shall be included in the term
"armed forces of the United States"
the following:
a.
Spouses and dependents of members of the armed forces while in active service.
b.
Members of the merchant marine of the United States and their spouses and dependents.
c.
Civilian employees of the United States in all categories serving outside the territorial limits of the several states of the United States and the District of Columbia and their spouses and dependents when residing with or accompanying them, whether or not the employee is subject to the civil service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, and whether or not paid from funds appropriated by the Congress.
d.
Members of religious groups or welfare agencies assisting members of the armed forces, who are officially attached to and serving with the armed forces, and their spouses and dependents.
e.
Citizens of the United States who do not fall under any of the categories described in paragraphs
"a"
through
"d"
, but who are entitled to register and vote pursuant to section
48A.5
, subsection 4 or 5.
4.
For the purposes of this subchapter,
"qualified voter"
means a person who is included within the term
"armed forces of the United States"
as described in this section, who would be qualified to register to vote under section
48A.5
, subsection 2, except for residency, and who is not disqualified from registering to vote and voting under section
48A.6
.
Source
94 Acts, ch 1180, §25; 95 Acts, ch 67, §8; 2001 Acts, ch 56, §4; 2007 Acts, ch 59, §31, 38;
2007
Acts, ch
215
,
§
243
;
2014
Acts, ch
1026
,
§
14
; 2017 Acts, ch 120, §7;
2021
Acts, ch
147
,
§
44
,
54
History
Amended by 2021 Iowa, ch 147 , s 44 , eff. 6/8/2021 .
Amended by 2017 Iowa, ch 120 , s 7 , eff. 7/1/2017 .
Amended by 2014 Iowa, ch 1026,s 14, eff. 7/1/2014 .
C54, 58, 62, 66, §53.37; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, §53.37,
53.49
; C81, §53.37
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