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House Journal: Page 771: Tuesday, March 25, 1997

 8   following deadlines:
 9     1.  For a primary or general election, no later
10   than five p.m. on the forty-seventh day before the
11   election.
12     2.  For the regular city election, no later than
13   five p.m. on the thirtieth day before the election.
14     3.  For the regular school election, no later than
15   five p.m. on the thirtieth day before the election.
16     4.  For a special election, no later than thirty-
17   two days before the special election.
18     Sec. ___.  Section 53.11, unnumbered paragraph 2,
19   Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
20     Satellite absentee voting stations shall be
21   established throughout the cities and county at the
22   direction of the commissioner or upon receipt of a
23   petition signed by not less than one hundred eligible
24   electors requesting that a satellite absentee voting
25   station be established at a location to be described
26   on the petition.  A petition requesting a satellite
27   absentee voting station must be filed no later than
28   five p.m. on the eleventh day before the election.  A
29   satellite absentee voting station established by
30   petition must be open at least one day from eight a.m.
31   until five p.m for a minimum of six hours.  A
32   satellite absentee voting station established at the
33   direction of the commissioner or by petition may
34   remain open until five p.m. on the day before the
35   election."
36     2.  By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H-1256 was adopted.
Speaker Corbett in the chair at 11:02 a.m.
Chiodo of Polk offered the following amendment H-1323 filed by
him and Jacobs of Polk and moved its adoption:

H-1323

 1     Amend House File 636 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 34, by inserting before line 8 the
 3   following:
 4     "Sec. ___.  Section 53.23, subsection 3, Code 1997,
 5   is amended to read as follows:
 6     3.  The commissioner shall set the convening time
 7   for the board, allowing a reasonable amount of time to
 8   complete counting all absentee ballots by ten p.m. on
 9   election day.  The commissioner may direct the board
10   to meet on the day prior to before the election
solely
11   for the purpose of reviewing the absentee voters'
12   affidavits appearing on the sealed ballot envelopes
13   if.  If, in the commissioner's judgment this procedure
14   is necessary due to the number of absentee ballots

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