Gov. Kim Reynolds signs bills on election recounts, voter citizenship verification
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed two bills related to Iowa’s election laws Monday, making changes to the state’s citizenship verification for voting and election recount processes.
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, alongside several county auditors and some of the lawmakers who worked on the bills during the 2025 legislative session, joined Reynolds at the signing. Pate thanked Reynolds and lawmakers for moving the two measures forward in a news release Monday, saying the bills are important steps in “strengthening and maintaining Iowa’s election integrity.”
“These new laws add additional layers of integrity to our robust election procedures, supporting our efforts to balance election integrity and voter participation,” Pate said.
House File 954, signed Monday, was the bill Pate proposed to better allow his office to check the citizenship status and other eligibility requirements of those on Iowa’s voter rolls. The bill gives the Secretary of State’s office the ability to contract with federal and state agencies, and with private entities, for voter roll verification and maintenance, in addition to setting up a process for setting a voter’s registration status as “unconfirmed” when the state or county officials have received information from a “reliable source” that the person is not qualified to vote.
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