IA SF541

Requires absentee ballot materials to include the voter's four-digit personal identification number instead of the voter verification number (driver's license or nonoperator ID number)

Extends retention period for election records from 6 months to 22 months for elections without federal offices on the ballot, matching the existing federal election requirement

Prohibits special elections on the first, second, or third Tuesdays preceding and following city or school elections, expanding existing blackout periods around primary and general elections

Removes Monday as a canvass day option, requiring county boards of supervisors to canvass election returns on Tuesday following elections rather than Monday or Tuesday

Requires the special precinct election board to convene no later than 9:00 a.m. on election day for counting absentee ballots, and requires voter registration forms to be maintained electronically on the statewide voter registration system