A bill for an act relating to the duties of the secretary of state, including the address confidentiality program and the conduct of elections.

This bill updates Iowa's address confidentiality program for domestic abuse survivors, allowing them to use shelter contact information instead of physical addresses and ensuring mail forwarding. It clarifies candidate disqualification rules for felony convictions (requiring rights restoration by governor or president) and restricts objections to federal candidates' eligibility to specific constitutional requirements. The bill explicitly bans ranked choice voting in state elections, defining it as a method where voters rank candidates and ballots are tabulated in rounds. It also establishes new definitions for absentee ballot envelopes to improve security and prevent fraud. These changes primarily affect domestic abuse survivors, election officials, candidates, and absentee voters.