IA SF540

Shifts responsibility for investigating election misconduct from the attorney general to county sheriffs or other law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction, requiring results to be reported to both the attorney general and state commissioner of elections

Exempts candidates for federal office from the requirement to affirm on candidacy affidavits that they are aware of disqualification provisions for felony convictions, directing the state commissioner to create separate forms for federal candidates

Grants the state commissioner of elections authority to issue directives clarifying election laws without going through the formal administrative rulemaking process

Authorizes county commissioners of elections to use electronic election registers and poll books certified by the state commissioner, with mandatory adoption of operational and security standards

Limits objections to presidential nominations to challenges based solely on the legal sufficiency of the certificate of nomination, with certificates presumed valid; also allows the state commissioner to call for election recounts at their discretion