Iowa Voting Exemptions, Constitutional Amendment Question (2008)
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Iowa Voting Exemptions Act passed the state legislature as House Resolution 3. The measure amended the Iowa Constitution by changing the language used to describe people who cannot legally vote.[1]
The wording in the Constitution "idiot or insane person" was changed to "person adjudged mentally incompetent to vote."
This measure is a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment.
Election results
| Iowa Amendment 1 (2008) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 1,014,952 | 82.46% | ||
| No | 215,912 | 17.54% | ||
Results via: The Iowa Secretary of State
Supporters
Supporters included:
- Judie Hoffman, League of Women Voters of Iowa
- Alicia Sutton, Iowa State Assn. of Counties
- David Vestal, Iowa State Assn. of Counties
- Jay Syverson, Iowa State Assn. of Counties
- John Easter, Iowa State Assn. of Counties
- Linda Hinton, Iowa State Assn. of Counties
Opponents
None yet identified.
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