115.105. Challengers, how selected, qualifications--challenges, when made--challengers may collect certain information at presidential primary elections--challenges, how made.
Challengers, how selected, qualifications--challenges, whenmade--challengers may collect certain information at presidentialprimary elections--challenges, how made.
115.105. 1. The chair of the county committee of each politicalparty named on the ballot shall have the right to designate a challengerfor each polling place, who may be present during the hours of voting, anda challenger for each location at which absentee ballots are counted, whomay be present while the ballots are being prepared for counting andcounted. No later than four business days before the election, the chairof each county committee of each political party named on the ballot shallprovide signed official designation forms with the names of the designatedchallengers and substitutes to the local election authority forconfirmation of eligibility to serve as a challenger. The local electionauthority, after verifying the eligibility of each designated andsubstitute challenger, shall sign off on the official designation forms,unless the challenger is found not to have the qualifications establishedby subsection 5 of this section. If the election authority determines thata challenger does not meet the qualifications of subsection 5 of thissection, the designating party chair may designate a replacement challengerand provide the local election authority with the name of the replacementchallenger before 5:00 p.m. of the Monday preceding the election. Thedesignating chair may substitute challengers at his or her discretionduring such hours.
2. Challenges may only be made when the challenger believes theelection laws of this state have been or will be violated, and eachchallenger shall report any such belief to the election judges, or to theelection authority if not satisfied with the decision of the electionjudges.
3. Prior to the close of the polls, challengers may list and give outthe names of those who have voted. The listing and giving out of names ofthose who have voted by a challenger shall not be considered givinginformation tending to show the state of the count.
4. In a presidential primary election, challengers may collectinformation about the party ballot selected by the voter and may discloseparty affiliation information after the polls close.
5. All persons selected as challengers shall have the samequalifications required by section 115.085 for election judges, except thatsuch challenger shall be a registered voter in the jurisdiction of theelection authority for which the challenger is designated as a challenger.
6. Any challenge by a challenger to a voter's identification forvalidity shall be made only to the election judges or other electionauthority. If the poll challenger is not satisfied with the decision ofthe election judges, then he or she may report his or her belief that theelection laws of this state have been or will be violated to the electionauthority as allowed under this section.
(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 4.001, A.L. 1983 S.B. 234, A.L. 1999 H.B. 676, A.L. 2003 H.B. 511, A.L. 2006 S.B. 1014 & 730)