Scope: State (Iowa)
Branch: Executive
Severity: Green
Date occurred: August 5, 2020
Iowa Executive Order 7 was signed on August 5, 2020, restoring the right to vote and hold elective office to persons who have completed their felony sentences, including any term of confinement, parole, and probation. The order operates through the governor's constitutional authority to restore rights of citizenship, with specified exclusions.
Constitutional basis: Governor exercising the Iowa Constitution's executive restoration-of-citizenship power, a categorical route previously used by prior governors' executive orders.