A bill for an act relating to the administration of elections.

SF 541 amends Iowa election laws to standardize ballot handling, voter verification, and canvassing procedures. It requires election officials to preserve federal election ballots for 22 months (Sec. 7,9,10), mandates voter ID numbers for absentee ballot challenges (Sec. 1), and sets fixed days (Monday/Tuesday) for counting results after most elections (Sec. 2,3,12). The bill also updates electronic record retention rules, requiring voter registration histories to be kept for multiple election cycles (Sec. 6) and clarifies how judges and clerks are retained based on approval votes (Sec. 4). These changes directly affect county election officials, voters, and judicial retention processes.