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PAG LIN 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. 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 SMITH of Marshall 4 5 SF 342.710 79 4 6 sc/cls
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