Iowa Code 52.2 – Optical scan voting system required
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 52.2
- Ballot: includes paper ballots designed to be read by automatic tabulating equipment. See Iowa Code 52.1
- Optical scan voting system: means a system employing paper ballots under which votes are cast by voters by marking paper ballots with a ballot marking device and thereafter counted by use of automatic tabulating equipment. See Iowa Code 52.1
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, for elections held on or after November 4, 2008, a county shall use an optical scan voting system only. The requirements of the federal Help America Vote Act, Pub. L. No. 107-252, 116 Stat. 1666, relating to disabled voters shall be met by a county through the use of electronic ballot marking devices that are compatible with an optical scan voting system.