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House Journal: Page 809: Thursday, March 19, 1998

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 1   commissioner's office, the ballot shall be voted at
 2   that time.  The county commissioner shall keep a
 3   record of each replacement ballot provided under this
 4   section.  If a voter, having received and voted a
 5   replacement ballot as provided under this section,
 6   later finds the lost ballot, the voter shall return
 7   the lost ballot to the county commissioner.
 8     Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  49B.11  VOTING AND RETURN
 9   OF BALLOT.
10     1.  A registered voter, upon receipt of a mail
11   ballot, shall mark the ballot in such a manner that no
12   other person will know how the ballot is marked and
13   shall place it in the secrecy envelope provided with
14   the ballot and shall securely seal the secrecy
15   envelope.
16     A voter who is blind, cannot read, or because of a
17   physical disability is unable to mark the ballot, may
18   be assisted by any person selected by the voter.
19     2.  The voter shall then place the secrecy envelope
20   containing the ballot in the return verification
21   envelope and sign and securely seal the return
22   verification envelope.  The sealed return verification
23   envelope shall be returned to the county commissioner
24   by one of the following methods:
25     a.  The sealed return verification envelope may be
26   delivered by the registered voter or the voter's
27   designee to the county commissioner's office or a
28   place designated by the commissioner no later than the
29   time the polls close on election day.
30     b.  The sealed return verification envelope may be
31   mailed, postage paid, to the county commissioner.  In
32   order for the ballot to be counted, the return
33   verification envelope must be clearly postmarked by an
34   officially authorized postal service not later than
35   the day before the election and received by the county
36   commissioner not later than the time established for
37   the canvass by the board of supervisors for that
38   election.  The county commissioner shall contact the
39   post office serving the county commissioner's office
40   at the latest practical hour prior to the canvass by
41   the board of supervisors for that election, and shall
42   arrange for return verification envelopes received in
43   that post office but not yet delivered to the
44   commissioner's office to be brought to the
45   commissioner's office prior to the canvass for that
46   election by the board of supervisors.
47     Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  49B.12  ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
48     1.  A registered voter who will be absent from the
49   precinct during the time when the ballots are mailed
50   may do either of the following:

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