The Iowa Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling preventing county auditors from filling out information on absentee ballot requests without contacting the applicant.

“On the present record, we are not persuaded the statute imposes a significant burden on absentee voters,” the court wrote in its 4-3 decision on Wednesday. “Indeed, the plaintiffs offer no evidence that the challenged statute will in fact deny any Iowan the right to vote by absentee ballot.”