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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 49.37, subsection 1, unnumbered 1 2 paragraph 1, Code 2001, is amended by striking the unnumbered 1 3 paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 1 4 A ballot shall not contain a straight party or organization 1 5 section for the voter to mark. Straight party voting shall 1 6 not be provided for general elections or for any other 1 7 elections in which more than one partisan office will be 1 8 filled. 1 9 Sec. 2. Section 49.42A, Code 2001, is amended to read as 1 10 follows: 1 11 49.42A FORM OF OFFICIAL BALLOT. 1 12 The ballot for the general election shall be arranged in 1 13 substantially the following form: 1 14PARTISAN OFFICES STRAIGHT PARTY VOTING1 15To vote for all candidates from a single party mark the1 16voting target next to the party name. Not all parties have1 17nominated candidates for all offices. Marking a straight1 18party vote does not include votes for nonpartisan offices,1 19judges, or questions.1 20POLITICAL PARTY NAME1 21POLITICAL PARTY NAME1 22POLITICAL ORGANIZATION NAME1 23POLITICAL ORGANIZATION NAME1 24OTHER POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS1 25The following political organizations have nominated1 26candidates for only one office:1 27POLITICAL ORGANIZATION NAME1 28POLITICAL ORGANIZATION NAME1 29 FEDERAL OFFICES 1 30 For President and Vice President 1 31 Vote for no more than one team. 1 32 CANDIDATE NAME, of State 1 33 CANDIDATE NAME, of State 1 34 Political Party 1 35 CANDIDATE NAME, of State 2 1 CANDIDATE NAME, of State 2 2 Political Party 2 3 CANDIDATE NAME, of State 2 4 CANDIDATE NAME, of State 2 5 Political Organization Name 2 6 CANDIDATE NAME, of State 2 7 CANDIDATE NAME, of State 2 8 Political Organization Name 2 9 CANDIDATE NAME, of State 2 10 CANDIDATE NAME, of State 2 11 Nominated by Petition 2 12 ................ 2 13 Write-in for President, if any. 2 14 ................ 2 15 Write-in for Vice President, if any. 2 16 For U. S. Senator 2 17 Vote for no more than one. 2 18 CANDIDATE NAME 2 19 Political Party 2 20 CANDIDATE NAME 2 21 Political Party 2 22 CANDIDATE NAME 2 23 Political Organization 2 24 CANDIDATE NAME 2 25 Political Organization 2 26 CANDIDATE NAME 2 27 Nominated by Petition 2 28 ................ 2 29 Write-in vote, if any. 2 30 For U. S. Representative 2 31 First District 2 32 Vote for no more than one. 2 33 CANDIDATE NAME 2 34 Political Party 2 35 CANDIDATE NAME 3 1 Political Party 3 2 CANDIDATE NAME 3 3 Political Organization 3 4 CANDIDATE NAME 3 5 Political Organization 3 6 CANDIDATE NAME 3 7 Nominated by Petition 3 8 ................ 3 9 Write-in vote, if any. 3 10 STATE OFFICES 3 11 For State Senator, District 2 3 12 Vote for no more than one. 3 13 CANDIDATE NAME 3 14 Political Party 3 15 CANDIDATE NAME 3 16 Political Party 3 17 CANDIDATE NAME 3 18 Political Organization 3 19 CANDIDATE NAME 3 20 Political Organization 3 21 CANDIDATE NAME 3 22 Nominated by Petition 3 23 ................ 3 24 Write-in vote, if any. 3 25 Sec. 3. Section 49.57, subsection 2, Code 2001, is amended 3 26 to read as follows: 3 27 2.In the area of the general election ballot for straight3 28party voting, the party names shall be printed in capital3 29letters of uniform size, in not less than twelve point type.3 30 After the name of each candidate for a partisan office the 3 31 name of the candidate's political party shall be printed in at 3 32 least six point type. 3 33 Sec. 4. Section 49.98, Code 2001, is amended to read as 3 34 follows: 3 35 49.98 COUNTING BALLOTS. 4 1 The ballots shall be counted according to the voters' marks 4 2 on them as provided in sections 49.92to 49.97and 49.93, and 4 3 not otherwise. If, for any reason, it is impossible to 4 4 determine from a ballot, as marked, the choice of the voter 4 5 for any office, the vote for that office shall not be counted. 4 6When there is a conflict between a straight party or4 7organization vote for one political party or nonparty4 8political organization and the vote cast by marking the voting4 9target next to the name of a candidate for another political4 10party or nonparty political organization on the ballot, the4 11mark next to the name of the candidate shall be held to4 12control, and the straight party or organization vote in that4 13case shall not apply as to that office.Any ballot shall be 4 14 rejected if it is marked in any other manner than authorized 4 15 in sections 49.92to 49.97and 49.93. A ballot shall be 4 16 rejected if the voter used a mark to identify the voter's 4 17 ballot. 4 18 Sec. 5. Section 52.12, Code 2001, is amended to read as 4 19 follows: 4 20 52.12EXCEPTIONPROHIBITION – STRAIGHT PARTY VOTING. 4 21 Voting machines used in this state shall not have a single 4 22 lever or switch which casts a vote for each candidate of a 4 23 political party or nonparty political organization which has 4 24 nominated candidates for more than one partisan office on the 4 25 ballot. Straight party voting shall not be provided forall4 26 general elections or for any other elections in which more 4 27 than one partisan office will be filled. 4 28 Sec. 6. Sections 49.94, 49.95, 49.96, and 49.97, Code 4 29 2001, are repealed. 4 30 EXPLANATION 4 31 This bill abolishes straight party voting in the general 4 32 election and all other elections in which more than one 4 33 partisan office will be filled. 4 34 LSB 2200SC 79 4 35 sc/cf/24
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