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1 1 Amend Senate File 342 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1, the
1 3 following:
1 4 "Sec. 100. Section 48A.5, Code 2001, is amended by
1 5 adding the following new subsection:
1 6 NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. If a person is registering
1 7 under the provisions of section 48A.9A, the person
1 8 shall be a resident of the county in which the
1 9 election is held for ten days immediately preceding
1 10 the election, subject to the provisions of subsection
1 11 3 and section 48A.27, subsection 2, paragraph "a",
1 12 subparagraph (3).
1 13 Sec. . Section 48A.9, subsection 1, Code 2001,
1 14 is amended to read as follows:
1 15 1. Registration closes at five p.m. eleven days
1 16 before each election except primary and general
1 17 elections. For primary and general elections,
1 18 registration closes at five p.m. ten days before the
1 19 election. An eligible elector may register during the
1 20 time registration is closed in the elector's precinct
1 21 but the registration shall not become effective until
1 22 registration opens again in the elector's precinct
1 23 unless the elector obtains an affidavit of special
1 24 late registration as provided in section 48A.9A.
1 25 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 48A.9A SPECIAL LATE
1 26 REGISTRATION.
1 27 1. Notwithstanding the voter registration
1 28 deadlines in section 48A.9, an eligible elector may
1 29 register to vote on election day if the elector
1 30 presents to the precinct election official
1 31 identification upon which the voter's photograph and
1 32 signature or mark appears.
1 33 2. The commissioner shall record the information
1 34 required of an eligible elector on the election
1 35 register for the county precinct of the eligible
1 36 elector or shall provide a separate listing of the
1 37 information required of an eligible elector to the
1 38 county precinct of the eligible elector who registers
1 39 in person at the commissioner's office or at the
1 40 elector's precinct polling place on election day.
1 41 3. If the commissioner is unable to make available
1 42 to a county precinct the information required of an
1 43 eligible elector who registers through special late
1 44 registration procedures, on the election register of a
1 45 county precinct or through the provision of a separate
1 46 listing of the eligible electors who register through
1 47 special late registration procedures, an eligible
1 48 elector may obtain from the commissioner of
1 49 registration a form of affidavit prescribed by the
1 50 state commissioner of elections to serve as evidence
2 1 of special late registration. If the affidavit is
2 2 completed by the elector and notarized by the
2 3 commissioner of registration or an employee of the
2 4 commissioner, the elector is deemed registered under
2 5 special late registration procedures and may present
2 6 the affidavit at the elector's polling place as proof
2 7 that the elector is registered to vote. The election
2 8 officials of the elector's precinct shall accept the
2 9 elector's affidavit of special late registration and
2 10 shall proceed as if the elector's name were listed in
2 11 the election register.
2 12 The election officials shall preserve all
2 13 affidavits submitted pursuant to this section and
2 14 forward them to the commissioner of registration at
2 15 the time the election register is returned. A
2 16 registration under this section is subject to
2 17 verification as provided in section 48A.26.
2 18 4. The commissioner may designate the precinct
2 19 polling places, in addition to the commissioner's
2 20 office, to provide access to special late registration
2 21 procedures. If the precinct polling place is
2 22 designated as a place to register to vote on election
2 23 day, the commissioner or an employee of the
2 24 commissioner shall process special late registrations
2 25 at a table separate from the precinct election
2 26 officials in order to reduce congestion at the polling
2 27 place and to avoid discouraging voters from casting a
2 28 ballot.
2 29 Sec. . Section 48A.11, subsection 1, paragraph
2 30 c, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
2 31 c. The address at which the registrant resides and
2 32 claims as the registrant's residence for voting
2 33 purposes. The commissioner may require proof of
2 34 residency if the registrant is registering pursuant to
2 35 section 48A.9A. The state commissioner of elections
2 36 shall designate which documents are acceptable to show
2 37 proof of residency.
2 38 Sec. . Section 48A.26, subsections 1 and 4,
2 39 Code 2001, are amended to read as follows:
2 40 1. Within seven working days of receipt of a voter
2 41 registration form or change of information in a voter
2 42 registration record the commissioner shall send an
2 43 acknowledgment to the registrant at the mailing
2 44 address shown on the registration form. However, in
2 45 the case of special late registrations, the
2 46 commissioner shall send the acknowledgment within ten
2 47 days of receipt of the special late registration. The
2 48 acknowledgment shall be sent by nonforwardable mail.
2 49 4. If the acknowledgment is returned as
2 50 undeliverable by the United States postal service, the
3 1 commissioner shall follow the procedure described in
3 2 section 48A.29, subsection 1. However, if the
3 3 acknowledgment mailed for a special late registration
3 4 is returned as undeliverable by the postal service,
3 5 the commissioner shall cancel the registration and
3 6 shall immediately notify the state commissioner of
3 7 registration and the county attorney.
3 8 Sec. . Section 48A.26, Code 2001, is amended by
3 9 adding the following new subsection:
3 10 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. Within ten working days after
3 11 receiving a special late registration pursuant to
3 12 section 48A.9A, the commissioner shall send an
3 13 acknowledgment to the registrant at the mailing
3 14 address shown on the registration form. The
3 15 acknowledgment shall be sent by nonforwardable mail.
3 16 Sec. . Section 48A.30, subsection 1, Code 2001,
3 17 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
3 18 NEW PARAGRAPH. g. The acknowledgment of a voter
3 19 who registered to vote under the special late
3 20 registration provisions is returned pursuant to
3 21 section 48A.29, subsection 1 or 2."
3 22 #2. Page 1, line 5, by inserting after the word
3 23 "appears" the following: "if the voter is requesting
3 24 to register on election day".
3 25 #3. Page 1, line 7, by inserting after the words
3 26 "allowed to" the following: "register to vote and
3 27 to".
3 28 #4. Page 1, by inserting after line 7, the
3 29 following:
3 30 "Sec. . Section 49.77, Code 2001, is amended by
3 31 adding the following new subsection:
3 32 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. A person whose name does not
3 33 appear on the election register of the precinct who
3 34 registers under section 48A.9A shall be allowed to
3 35 cast a ballot and the precinct election official is
3 36 not under a duty to require that the ballot be cast
3 37 under section 49.81.
3 38 Sec. . IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2,
3 39 subsection 3, shall not apply to this Act."
3 40 #5. Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
3 41 word "Act" the following: "relating to the conduct of
3 42 elections by providing for special late voter
3 43 registration on election day, by providing a
3 44 durational residency requirement for voting, and by".
3 45 #6. By renumbering as necessary.
3 46
3 47
3 48
3 49 MICHAEL E. GRONSTAL
3 50 SF 342.704 79
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