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House Journal: Page 806: Thursday, March 19, 1998

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 1   registered voters of one of the following political
 2   subdivisions are eligible to vote:
 3     a.  Counties.
 4     b.   Cities.
 5     c.   School districts.
 6     d.  Merged areas.
 7     e.  Benefited districts provided in chapters 357
 8   through 357G.
 9     Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  49B.2  DEFINITIONS.
10     As used in this chapter, unless the context
11   otherwise requires:
12     1.  "Election day" is the date established by law
13   on which a particular election would be held if that
14   election were being conducted by means other than a
15   mail ballot election.
16     2.  "Return verification envelope" means an
17   envelope that contains a secrecy envelope and which is
18   designed to allow election officials, upon examination
19   of the outside of the envelope, to determine that the
20   ballot is being submitted by someone who is in fact a
21   registered voter and who has not already voted.
22     3.  "Secrecy envelope" means an envelope used to
23   contain the elector's ballot and that is designed to
24   conceal the voter's vote and to prevent the voter's
25   ballot from being distinguished from the ballots of
26   other voters.
27     Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  49B.3  MAIL BALLOT
28   ELECTION PROCEDURE.
29     A mail ballot election shall be conducted
30   substantially as provided in this chapter.  The state
31   commissioner of elections shall prescribe uniform
32   procedures and forms to be used in the conduct of mail
33   ballot elections.
34     Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  49B.4  INITIATING A MAIL
35   BALLOT ELECTION.
36     A proposal to conduct an election under this
37   chapter may be initiated by either the appropriate
38   governing body or the county commissioner of elections
39   as provided in sections 49B.5 and 49B.6.
40     Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  49B.5  INITIATION BY
41   GOVERNING BODY.
42     1.  If the governing body of a political
43   subdivision determines that it is economically and
44   administratively feasible to conduct an election by
45   mail and the election meets the requirements of
46   section 49B.1, the governing body, by resolution, may
47   require the county commissioner of elections to
48   conduct the election under this chapter by filing the
49   resolution with the county commissioner not later than
50   seventy days before the date of the election.

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