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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 50.9, Code 2001, is amended to read as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    50.9  RETURN OF BALLOTS NOT VOTED.
  1  4    Ballots not voted, or spoiled by voters while attempting to
  1  5 vote, shall be returned by the precinct election officials to
  1  6 the commissioner, and a receipt taken for the ballots.  The
  1  7 ballots for a federal office shall be preserved for twenty-two
  1  8 months following elections for federal offices and for six
  1  9 months following elections for all other offices the election.
  1 10 The ballots for elections for all other offices shall not be
  1 11 destroyed until the day following the final day to contest the
  1 12 election, or the day after final determination of any pending
  1 13 contest of the election, whichever is later.
  1 14    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to elections
  1 15 occurring on or after the effective date of this Act.  
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17    Current law provides that ballots not voted or those
  1 18 spoiled by voters in elections for all but federal offices
  1 19 shall be preserved for six months following the election.
  1 20 This bill provides that such ballots for such elections may be
  1 21 destroyed the day following the deadline to contest the
  1 22 election or the day after the final determination of any
  1 23 pending contest of that election, whichever is later.  The
  1 24 bill applies to elections occurring on or after the effective
  1 25 date of the bill.  
  1 26 LSB 1876XS 79
  1 27 sc/cls/14
     

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