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1 1 Amend the amendment, H-1444, to Senate File 342, as
1 2 passed by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 3, the
1 4 following:
1 5 "# . Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
1 6 following:
1 7 "Sec. 100. Section 48A.5, Code 2001, is amended by
1 8 adding the following new subsection:
1 9 NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. If a person is registering
1 10 under the provisions of section 48A.9A, the person
1 11 shall be a resident of the county in which the
1 12 election is held for ten days immediately preceding
1 13 the election, subject to the provisions of subsection
1 14 3 and section 48A.27, subsection 2, paragraph "a",
1 15 subparagraph (3).
1 16 Sec. . Section 48A.9, subsection 1, Code 2001,
1 17 is amended to read as follows:
1 18 1. Registration closes at five p.m. eleven days
1 19 before each election except primary and general
1 20 elections. For primary and general elections,
1 21 registration closes at five p.m. ten days before the
1 22 election. An eligible elector may register during the
1 23 time registration is closed in the elector's precinct
1 24 but the registration shall not become effective until
1 25 registration opens again in the elector's precinct
1 26 unless the elector obtains an affidavit of special
1 27 late registration as provided in section 48A.9A.
1 28 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 48A.9A SPECIAL LATE
1 29 REGISTRATION.
1 30 1. Notwithstanding the voter registration
1 31 deadlines in section 48A.9, an eligible elector may
1 32 register to vote on election day if the elector
1 33 presents to the precinct election official
1 34 identification in the form described in section 49.77,
1 35 subsection 3.
1 36 2. The commissioner shall record the information
1 37 required of an eligible elector on the election
1 38 register for the county precinct of the eligible
1 39 elector or shall provide a separate listing of the
1 40 information required of an eligible elector to the
1 41 county precinct of the eligible elector who registers
1 42 in person at the commissioner's office or at the
1 43 elector's precinct polling place on election day.
1 44 3. If the commissioner is unable to make available
1 45 to a county precinct the information required of an
1 46 eligible elector who registers through special late
1 47 registration procedures, on the election register of a
1 48 county precinct or through the provision of a separate
1 49 listing of the eligible electors who register through
1 50 special late registration procedures, an eligible
2 1 elector may obtain from the commissioner of
2 2 registration a form of affidavit prescribed by the
2 3 state commissioner of elections to serve as evidence
2 4 of special late registration. If the affidavit is
2 5 completed by the elector and notarized by the
2 6 commissioner of registration or an employee of the
2 7 commissioner, the elector is deemed registered under
2 8 special late registration procedures and may present
2 9 the affidavit at the elector's polling place as proof
2 10 that the elector is registered to vote. The election
2 11 officials of the elector's precinct shall accept the
2 12 elector's affidavit of special late registration and
2 13 shall proceed as if the elector's name were listed in
2 14 the election register.
2 15 The election officials shall preserve all
2 16 affidavits submitted pursuant to this section and
2 17 forward them to the commissioner of registration at
2 18 the time the election register is returned. A
2 19 registration under this section is subject to
2 20 verification as provided in section 48A.26.
2 21 4. The commissioner may designate the precinct
2 22 polling places, in addition to the commissioner's
2 23 office, to provide access to special late registration
2 24 procedures. If the precinct polling place is
2 25 designated as a place to register to vote on election
2 26 day, the commissioner or an employee of the
2 27 commissioner shall process special late registrations
2 28 at a table separate from the precinct election
2 29 officials in order to reduce congestion at the polling
2 30 place and to avoid discouraging voters from casting a
2 31 ballot.
2 32 Sec. . Section 48A.11, subsection 1, paragraph
2 33 c, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
2 34 c. The address at which the registrant resides and
2 35 claims as the registrant's residence for voting
2 36 purposes. The commissioner may require proof of
2 37 residency if the registrant is registering pursuant to
2 38 section 48A.9A. The state commissioner of elections
2 39 shall designate which documents are acceptable to show
2 40 proof of residency.
2 41 Sec. . Section 48A.26, subsections 1 and 4,
2 42 Code 2001, are amended to read as follows:
2 43 1. Within seven working days of receipt of a voter
2 44 registration form or change of information in a voter
2 45 registration record the commissioner shall send an
2 46 acknowledgment to the registrant at the mailing
2 47 address shown on the registration form. However, in
2 48 the case of special late registrations, the
2 49 commissioner shall send the acknowledgment within ten
2 50 days of receipt of the special late registration. The
3 1 acknowledgment shall be sent by nonforwardable mail.
3 2 4. If the acknowledgment is returned as
3 3 undeliverable by the United States postal service, the
3 4 commissioner shall follow the procedure described in
3 5 section 48A.29, subsection 1. However, if the
3 6 acknowledgment mailed for a special late registration
3 7 is returned as undeliverable by the postal service,
3 8 the commissioner shall cancel the registration and
3 9 shall immediately notify the state commissioner of
3 10 registration and the county attorney.
3 11 Sec. . Section 48A.26, Code 2001, is amended by
3 12 adding the following new subsection:
3 13 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. Within ten working days after
3 14 receiving a special late registration pursuant to
3 15 section 48A.9A, the commissioner shall send an
3 16 acknowledgment to the registrant at the mailing
3 17 address shown on the registration form. The
3 18 acknowledgment shall be sent by nonforwardable mail.
3 19 Sec. . Section 48A.30, subsection 1, Code 2001,
3 20 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
3 21 NEW PARAGRAPH. g. The acknowledgment of a voter
3 22 who registered to vote under the special late
3 23 registration provisions is returned pursuant to
3 24 section 48A.29, subsection 1 or 2.""
3 25 #2. Page 1, line 16, by inserting after the word
3 26 "following" the following: "if the voter is
3 27 requesting to register on election day".
3 28 #3. Page 1, line 50, by inserting after the words
3 29 "allowed to" the following: "register to vote and
3 30 to".
3 31 #4. Page 1, by inserting after line 50, the
3 32 following:
3 33 "# . Page 1, by inserting before line 8, the
3 34 following:
3 35 "Sec. . Section 49.77, Code 2001, is amended by
3 36 adding the following new subsection:
3 37 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. A person whose name does not
3 38 appear on the election register of the precinct who
3 39 registers under section 48A.9A shall be allowed to
3 40 cast a ballot and the precinct election official is
3 41 not under a duty to require that the ballot be cast
3 42 under section 49.81.
3 43 Sec. . IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2,
3 44 subsection 3, shall not apply to this Act.
3 45 # . Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
3 46 word "Act" the following: "relating to the conduct of
3 47 elections by providing for special late voter
3 48 registration on election day, by providing a
3 49 durational residency requirement for voting, and by"."
3 50 #5. By renumbering as necessary.
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4 4 SMITH of Marshall
4 5 SF 342.710 79
4 6 sc/cls
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