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House Journal: Page 808: Thursday, March 19, 1998

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 1   an official ballot to every registered voter of the
 2   political subdivision conducting the election on a
 3   date not sooner than the twentieth day before the date
 4   of the election and not later than the tenth day
 5   before the date of the election.  An exception shall
 6   be made for those ballots delivered as prescribed in
 7   section 49B.13.
 8     3.  All ballots shall be mailed by first class
 9   mail.
10     4.  Ballots mailed by the county commissioner shall
11   be addressed to the address of each voter appearing in
12   the registration records of the political subdivision,
13   and placed in an envelope which is prominently marked
14   "Do Not Forward".
15     5.  The ballot shall contain the following warning:
16     "Any person who, by use of violence, threats of
17   violence, or any means of duress, procures the vote of
18   a voter for or against any measure or candidate is
19   subject, upon conviction, to imprisonment or to a
20   fine, or both."
21     Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  49B.9  REGISTRATION.
22     The county commissioner shall not mail a ballot
23   under this chapter to any voter not registered thirty
24   days before the date of the election.  Voters
25   registered after thirty days prior to the date of the
26   election, but prior to the close of registration, may
27   apply for a ballot under section 49B.10.
28     Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  49B.l0  REPLACEMENT
29   BALLOTS.
30     If the mail ballot is destroyed, spoiled, lost, or
31   not received by the voter, the voter may obtain a
32   replacement ballot from the county commissioner as
33   provided in this section.  A voter seeking a
34   replacement ballot shall sign a statement, on a form
35   prescribed by the state commissioner, that the ballot
36   was destroyed, spoiled, lost, or not received.  The
37   voter or the voter's designee shall deliver the
38   statement to the county commissioner before noon on
39   the date of the election.  The voter may mail the
40   statement to the county commissioner.  However, a
41   county commissioner shall not transmit a ballot by
42   mail under this section unless the statement is
43   received before five p.m. on the fourth day before the
44   date of the election.  When a statement is timely
45   received under this section, the county commissioner
46   shall give the ballot to the voter if the voter is
47   present in the office of the county commissioner, or
48   promptly mail the ballot to the voter at the address
49   contained in the statement, except when prohibited by
50   this section.  If the voter is present in the county

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