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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 2387, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows: 1 3 #1. Page 1, by striking lines 1 through 8. 1 4 #2. By striking page 7, line 34, through page 8, 1 5 line 6. 1 6 #3. By striking page 10, line 23, through page 11, 1 7 line 1. 1 8 #4. Page 22, by striking lines 24 through 31. 1 9 #5. Page 32, by striking lines 15 through 32 and 1 10 inserting the following: 1 11 "Sec. . Section 53.11, unnumbered paragraph 2, 1 12 Code 1995, is amended to read as follows: 1 13 Satellite absentee voting stations shall be 1 14 established throughout the cities and county at the 1 15 direction of the commissioner or upon receipt of a 1 16 petition signed by not less than one hundred eligible 1 17 electors requesting that a satellite absentee voting 1 18 station be established at a location to be described 1 19 on the petition. If the petition does not describe a 1 20 location, the commissioner shall locate the station in 1 21 an area chosen by the commissioner, which area shall 1 22 be accessible to the general public, heavily travelled 1 23 by pedestrians, and not already utilized for the 1 24 purpose of casting absentee ballots. A petition 1 25 requesting a satellite absentee voting station must be 1 26 filed no later than five p.m. on theeleventh1 27 fifteenth day before the election. A satellite 1 28 absentee voting station established by petition must 1 29 be openat least one day from eight a.m. until five1 30p.m.at times chosen by the commissioner, which times 1 31 shall be those determined by the commissioner to be 1 32 most conducive to collecting a large number of 1 33 absentee ballots. A satellite absentee voting station 1 34 established at the direction of the commissioner or by 1 35 petition may remain open untilfiveseven p.m. on the 1 36 day before the election. 1 37 Sec. . Section 53.13, Code 1995, is amended to 1 38 read as follows: 1 39 53.13 VOTER'S AFFIDAVIT ON ENVELOPE. 1 40 On the unsealed envelope shall be printed an 1 41 affidavit form prescribed by the state commissioner of 1 42 elections and a notice, in large type and bold print, 1 43 informing the voter that the ballot is not valid 1 44 unless the affidavit is signed by the voter. 1 45 Sec. . Section 53.17, subsection 1, Code 1995, 1 46 is amended to read as follows: 1 47 1. The sealed carrier envelope may be delivered by 1 48 the registered voter or the voter's designee to the 1 49 commissioner's office no later than the time the polls 1 50 are closed on election day. The commissioner shall 2 1 provide a secure location or secure method for receipt 2 2 of completed absentee ballots on a twenty-four-hour-a- 2 3 day basis. A ballot received in this manner is 2 4 considered to have been delivered to the 2 5 commissioner's office." 2 6 #6. Page 33, by inserting after line 11 the 2 7 following: 2 8 "Sec. . Section 53.44, unnumbered paragraph 1, 2 9 Code 1995, is amended to read as follows: 2 10 The affidavit on the envelope used in connection 2 11 with voting by absentee ballot under this division by 2 12 members of the armed forces of the United States need 2 13 not be notarized or witnessed, but the affidavit on 2 14 the ballot envelope shall be completed and signed by 2 15 the voter. The envelope shall also contain a notice, 2 16 in large type and bold print, informing the voter that 2 17 the ballot is not valid unless the affidavit is signed 2 18 by the voter." 2 19 #7. Page 33, by inserting after line 27 the 2 20 following: 2 21 "Sec. . Section 56.40, Code 1995, is amended to 2 22 read as follows: 2 23 56.40 CAMPAIGN FUNDS. 2 24 1. As used in this division, "campaign funds" 2 25 means contributions to a candidate or candidate's 2 26 committee which are required by this chapter to be 2 27 deposited in a separate campaign account. 2 28 2. A candidate's committee shall not accept 2 29 contributions from any other candidate's committee 2 30 including candidate's committees from other states or 2 31 for federal office,unless the candidate for whom each2 32committee is established is the same personif the 2 33 contributing committee has made expenditures or 2 34 received contributions prohibited by the provisions of 2 35 this chapter. For purposes of this section, 2 36 "contributions" does not mean travel costs incurred by 2 37 a candidate in attending a campaign event of another 2 38 candidate. 2 39 3. This section shall not be construed to prohibit 2 40 a candidate or candidate's committee from using 2 41 campaign funds or accepting contributions for tickets 2 42 to meals if the candidate attends solely for the 2 43 purpose of enhancing the person's candidacy or the 2 44 candidacy of another person." 2 45 #8. Page 40, by inserting after line 25 the 2 46 following: 2 47 "Sec. . INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE. The 2 48 legislative council is requested to appoint a 2 49 legislative study committee to meet during the 1996 2 50 legislative interim and make recommendations regarding 3 1 the feasibility of expanding the state's participation 3 2 in registering persons to vote and in processing 3 3 changes to voter registration on a statewide basis. 3 4 The committee should also study the feasibility of 3 5 expanding the current statutory provision which allows 3 6 voters to change their current voter registration on 3 7 election day and of allowing persons to register to 3 8 vote on election day. 3 9 Sec. . APPLICABILITY. The amendments to 3 10 sections 53.13 and 53.44 apply to absentee ballot 3 11 envelopes used on or after the effective date of the 3 12 amendments to those sections in this Act. However, a 3 13 county commissioner may continue to use those absentee 3 14 ballot envelopes in the county commissioner's 3 15 possession on the effective date of the amendments to 3 16 those sections in this Act, and until that supply is 3 17 depleted, notwithstanding the notice of signature 3 18 requirement in sections 53.13 and 53.44." 3 19 #9. Page 40, line 28, by striking the figure 3 20 "49.16,". 3 21 #10. Page 40, line 29, by striking the figure 3 22 "53.2,". 3 23 #11. By renumbering as necessary. 3 24 3 25 3 26 3 27 MICHAEL E. GRONSTAL 3 28 HF 2387.711 76 3 29 sc/sc
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