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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 342 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 7, the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 53.19A LISTS OF ABSENTEE 1 5 VOTERS. 1 6 1. Any person may request of the commissioner and 1 7 shall receive, upon payment of the cost of 1 8 preparation, a list of absentee voters in accordance 1 9 with the following requirements and limitations: 1 10 a. The commissioner shall prepare each list 1 11 requested within three days of receipt of the request, 1 12 except that the commissioner shall not be required to 1 13 prepare any list within five days of the election for 1 14 which the list is requested. 1 15 b. Each list shall be as current as possible, but 1 16 shall in all cases reflect absentee voter activity 1 17 recorded by the commissioner seven or more days before 1 18 preparation of the list. 1 19 c. Each list shall be in the order and form 1 20 specified by the list purchaser, and shall contain the 1 21 absentee voter data specified by the list purchaser, 1 22 provided that compliance with the request is within 1 23 the capability of the record maintenance system used 1 24 by the commissioner. 1 25 d. Absentee voter information shall be maintained 1 26 in an electronic medium. The commissioner shall 1 27 prepare updates to lists at least weekly. All updates 1 28 shall be made available to all requesters at the same 1 29 time, and shall be in the order and form specified by 1 30 each requester. 1 31 2. The commissioner shall maintain a log of the 1 32 name, address, and telephone number of every person 1 33 who receives a list under this section, and of every 1 34 person who reviews absentee voter records in the 1 35 office of the commissioner. Logs maintained under 1 36 this subsection are public records, and shall be 1 37 available for public inspection at reasonable times. 1 38 3. Information about absentee voters obtained from 1 39 absentee voter records shall be used only for a 1 40 genuine political purpose, or for a bona fide official 1 41 purpose by an elected official, or for bona fide 1 42 political research, but shall not be used for any 1 43 commercial purposes. A person who uses absentee voter 1 44 information in violation of this section commits a 1 45 serious misdemeanor. 1 46 4. Lists of absentee voters shall be preserved and 1 47 destroyed in the same manner as are ballots for 1 48 elections under section 50.19." 1 49 #2. Title page, line 1 by inserting after the word 1 50 "Act" the following: "relating to the conduct of 2 1 elections by providing for the availability of 2 2 absentee voter lists and by". 2 3 #3. By renumbering as necessary. 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 JOE BOLKCOM 2 8 SF 342.502 79 2 9 sc/pj
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