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House Journal: Page 810: Thursday, March 19, 1998

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 1     a.  Vote in person in the county commissioner's
 2   office as soon as ballots are available and until noon
 3   the day before the ballots are scheduled to be mailed.
 4     b.  Make a written request, signed by the voter and
 5   addressed to the county commissioner, that the ballot
 6   be mailed to an address other than that which appears
 7   on the voter's registration record.  Written requests
 8   shall be accepted until noon the day before the
 9   ballots are scheduled to be mailed.
10     2.  Ballots mailed to voters pursuant to this
11   section shall be mailed the same day that all other
12   ballots are mailed.
13     Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  49B.13  BALLOTING BY
14   CONFINED PERSONS.
15     A person who is a resident or patient in a health
16   care facility or hospital located in the county in
17   which the election is to be held shall not be mailed a
18   ballot but shall have a ballot delivered in the manner
19   prescribed by section 53.22, subsection 1.
20     Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  49B.14  PERSONAL DELIVERY
21   OF MAIL BALLOT - SATELLITE VOTING STATIONS.
22     Satellite voting stations for the deposit of mail
23   ballots shall be established throughout the cities and
24   county at the direction of the county commissioner or
25   upon receipt of a petition signed by not less than one
26   hundred eligible electors requesting that a satellite
27   voting station be established at a location to be
28   described in the petition.  A petition requesting a
29   satellite voting station must be filed no later than
30   five p.m. on the eleventh day before the election.  A
31   satellite voting station established at the direction
32   of the commissioner or by petition shall be open from
33   eight a.m. until five p.m. on the day of the election.
34     Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  49B.15  RECEIPT OF BALLOT
35   - SIGNATURE VERIFICATION.
36     When a mail ballot is returned, the county
37   commissioner, or the county commissioner's designees,
38   shall first qualify the submitted ballot by examining
39   the return verification envelope to determine whether
40   it is submitted by a registered voter who has not
41   previously voted.  A ballot shall be counted only if
42   it is returned in the return verification envelope,
43   the envelope is signed by the voter to whom the ballot
44   is issued, and the signature has been verified as
45   provided in this section.
46     The county commissioner or the county
47   commissioner's designees shall verify the signature of
48   each voter on the return verification envelope with
49   the signature in the voter's registration records and
50   may commence verification at any time before election

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