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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 53.19A LISTS OF ABSENTEE VOTERS.
1 2 1. Any person may request of the commissioner and shall
1 3 receive, upon payment of the cost of preparation, a list of
1 4 absentee voters in accordance with the following requirements
1 5 and limitations:
1 6 a. The commissioner shall prepare each list requested
1 7 within three days of receipt of the request, except that the
1 8 commissioner shall not be required to prepare any list within
1 9 five days of the election for which the list is requested.
1 10 b. Each list shall be as current as possible, but shall in
1 11 all cases reflect absentee voter activity recorded by the
1 12 commissioner seven or more days before preparation of the
1 13 list.
1 14 c. Each list shall be in the order and form specified by
1 15 the list purchaser, and shall contain the absentee voter data
1 16 specified by the list purchaser, provided that compliance with
1 17 the request is within the capability of the record maintenance
1 18 system used by the commissioner.
1 19 d. Absentee voter information shall be maintained in an
1 20 electronic medium. The commissioner shall prepare updates to
1 21 lists at least weekly. All updates shall be made available to
1 22 all requesters at the same time, and shall be in the order and
1 23 form specified by each requester.
1 24 2. The commissioner shall maintain a log of the name,
1 25 address, and telephone number of every person who receives a
1 26 list under this section, and of every person who reviews
1 27 absentee voter records in the office of the commissioner.
1 28 Logs maintained under this subsection are public records, and
1 29 shall be available for public inspection at reasonable times.
1 30 3. Information about absentee voters obtained from
1 31 absentee voter records shall be used only for a genuine
1 32 political purpose, or for a bona fide official purpose by an
1 33 elected official, or for bona fide political research, but
1 34 shall not be used for any commercial purposes. A person who
1 35 uses absentee voter information in violation of this section
2 1 commits a serious misdemeanor.
2 2 4. Lists of absentee voters shall be preserved and
2 3 destroyed in the same manner as are ballots for elections
2 4 under section 50.19.
2 5 EXPLANATION
2 6 This bill requires county commissioners of elections to
2 7 maintain, and make available to the public upon request, lists
2 8 of absentee voters. The lists must be maintained in an
2 9 electronic medium and shall be updated weekly. A requested
2 10 list is to be prepared within three days of receipt of the
2 11 request. An absentee voters list may be requested up to five
2 12 days before the election for which the list is requested.
2 13 LSB 2504SS 79
2 14 sc/gg/8
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