** College students would be given a form that would ask whether they plan to live in or outside Iowa upon graduation, and those who indicate they plan to live outside Iowa would be removed from the voter registration list.

** When a local entity asks voters for permission to issue bonds, ballots would be required to include information on potential increases in property taxes.

“We are making sure that elections are fair,” Smith said. “It’s the checks and balances that come with living in a constitutional republic that we have.”

Representatives of the League of Women Voters of Iowa expressed concern that the legislation makes it harder to vote by reducing polling hours and the number of satellite voting locations.

“We oppose this because we see it as limiting hours and access,” said Karen Person, who added the league’s belief is that voting is “a fundamental right that should be accessible as it can be.”

Smith said some portions of the bill are about creating consistency. He said that is the goal with moving all Election Day poll closings to 8 p.m., and why state-owned buildings would no longer be allowed to serve as satellite voting locations --- because not all Iowa cities have such buildings, Smith said.