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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 48A.5, Code 2001, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. If a person is registering under the 1 4 provisions of section 48A.9A, the person shall be a resident 1 5 of the county in which the election is held for ten days 1 6 immediately preceding the election, subject to the provisions 1 7 of subsection 3 and section 48A.27, subsection 2, paragraph 1 8 "a", subparagraph (3). 1 9 Sec. 2. Section 48A.9, subsection 1, Code 2001, is amended 1 10 to read as follows: 1 11 1. Registration closes at five p.m. eleven days before 1 12 each election except primary and general elections. For 1 13 primary and general elections, registration closes at five 1 14 p.m. ten days before the election. An eligible elector may 1 15 register during the time registration is closed in the 1 16 elector's precinct but the registration shall not become 1 17 effective until registration opens again in the elector's 1 18 precinct unless the elector obtains an affidavit of special 1 19 late registration as provided in section 48A.9A. 1 20 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 48A.9A SPECIAL LATE REGISTRATION. 1 21 1. Notwithstanding the voter registration deadlines in 1 22 section 48A.9, an eligible elector may register to vote on any 1 23 day after registration has closed in the elector's precinct, 1 24 including on election day. 1 25 2. The commissioner shall record the information required 1 26 of an eligible elector on the election register for the county 1 27 precinct of the eligible elector or shall provide a separate 1 28 listing of the information required of an eligible elector to 1 29 the county precinct of the eligible elector who registers in 1 30 person at the commissioner's office or at any alternative 1 31 location designated by the commissioner for special late 1 32 registration on any day after registration has closed in the 1 33 elector's precinct, including on election day. 1 34 3. If the commissioner is unable to make available to a 1 35 county precinct the information required of an eligible 2 1 elector who registers through special late registration 2 2 procedures, on the election register of a county precinct or 2 3 through the provision of a separate listing of the eligible 2 4 electors who register through special late registration 2 5 procedures, an eligible elector may obtain from the 2 6 commissioner of registration an affidavit form prescribed by 2 7 the state commissioner of elections to serve as evidence of 2 8 special late registration. If the affidavit is completed by 2 9 the elector and notarized by the commissioner of registration, 2 10 the elector is deemed registered under special late 2 11 registration procedures and may present the affidavit at the 2 12 elector's polling place on election day as proof that the 2 13 elector is registered to vote. The election officials of the 2 14 elector's precinct shall accept the elector's affidavit of 2 15 special late registration and shall proceed as if the 2 16 elector's name were listed in the election register. 2 17 The election officials shall preserve all affidavits 2 18 submitted pursuant to this section and forward them to the 2 19 commissioner of registration at the time the election register 2 20 is returned. A registration under this section is subject to 2 21 verification as provided in section 48A.26. 2 22 Sec. 4. Section 48A.11, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 2 23 2001, is amended to read as follows: 2 24 c. The address at which the registrant resides and claims 2 25 as the registrant's residence for voting purposes. The 2 26 commissioner may require proof of residency if the registrant 2 27 is registering pursuant to section 48A.9A. The state 2 28 commissioner of elections shall designate which documents are 2 29 acceptable to show proof of residency. 2 30 Sec. 5. Section 48A.26, subsection 1, Code 2001, is 2 31 amended to read as follows: 2 32 1. Within seven working days of receipt of a voter 2 33 registration form or change of information in a voter 2 34 registration record the commissioner shall send an 2 35 acknowledgment to the registrant at the mailing address shown 3 1 on the registration form. However, in the case of special 3 2 late registrations received pursuant to section 48A.9A, the 3 3 commissioner shall send the acknowledgment within ten working 3 4 days of receipt of the special late registration.TheAn 3 5 acknowledgment shall be sent by nonforwardable mail. 3 6 Sec. 6. Section 49.77, Code 2001, is amended by adding the 3 7 following new subsection: 3 8 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. A person whose name does not appear on 3 9 the election register of the precinct and who registers under 3 10 section 48A.9A shall be allowed to cast a ballot and the 3 11 precinct election official is not under a duty to require that 3 12 the ballot be cast under section 49.81. 3 13 Sec. 7. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection 3 14 3, shall not apply to this Act. 3 15 EXPLANATION 3 16 This bill provides for a special late voter registration 3 17 procedure which would enable an eligible elector to vote at 3 18 the polling place on election day. The person is required to 3 19 have been a resident of the county in which the election is 3 20 held for 10 days immediately preceding the election. The 3 21 person is also required to show proof of residency when 3 22 registering. The state commissioner of elections, i.e., the 3 23 secretary of state, shall designate which documents are 3 24 acceptable to show proof of residency. 3 25 The bill provides for the issuance of special late 3 26 registration affidavits to serve as proof of voting 3 27 eligibility if the county commissioner of registration is 3 28 unable to make the information required of an eligible elector 3 29 available on the election register of a county precinct. 3 30 The bill requires the county commissioner to mail 3 31 acknowledgment to the late registrant within 10 days of 3 32 registering. 3 33 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 3 34 section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section 3 35 25B.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a political 4 1 subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for 4 2 the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified. 4 3 Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with 4 4 any state mandate included in the bill. 4 5 LSB 5072DP 79 4 6 sc/sh/8.2
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