Iowa Code § 53.42
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Voting in person in commissioner’s office.
Official statutory text
Notwithstanding the provision as to time found in section 53.10, any qualified voter in the armed forces of the United States may personally appear in the office of the commissioner of the county of the voter’s residence and there vote an absent voter’s ballot at any time not earlier than forty days before the primary or general election, as the case may be.
[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §53.42]
[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §53.42]
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