Text: SSB01195 Text: SSB01197 Text: SSB01100 - SSB01199 Text: SSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 48A.8, Code 2001, is amended to read as 1 2 follows: 1 3 48A.8 REGISTRATION BY MAIL. 1 4 An eligible elector may register to vote by completing a 1 5 mail registration form. The form may be mailed or delivered 1 6 by the registrant or the registrant's designee to the 1 7 commissioner in the county where the person resides. A 1 8 separate registration form shall be signed by each individual 1 9 registrant. An eligible elector who registers by mail shall 1 10 not be allowed to vote by absentee ballot until the person has 1 11 voted in person at the polling place at the first election 1 12 following registration by mail in which the voter casts a 1 13 vote. However, this does not apply to mail registration forms 1 14 received from a motor vehicle driver's license station or from 1 15 any voter registration agency, to confined persons voting 1 16 pursuant to section 53.22, or to persons voting pursuant to 1 17 section 53.45. 1 18 EXPLANATION 1 19 This bill provides that an elector who registers to vote by 1 20 mail shall not be allowed to vote absentee until the elector 1 21 has voted in person at the polling place at the first election 1 22 held after registration by mail in which the voter chooses to 1 23 vote. This does not apply to mail registrations received from 1 24 a motor vehicle driver's license station, a voter registration 1 25 agency, from confined persons voting absentee, or from persons 1 26 working, stationed, or residing outside of the United States 1 27 at the time of the election. 1 28 LSB 2424SC 79 1 29 sc/cls/14
Text: SSB01195 Text: SSB01197 Text: SSB01100 - SSB01199 Text: SSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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