House Journal: Page 913: Tuesday, March 27, 2001
11 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.2 DEFINITIONS.
12 As used in this chapter, unless the context
13 otherwise requires:
14 1. "Election day" is the date established by law
15 on which a particular election would be held if that
16 election were being conducted by means other than a
17 mail ballot election.
18 2. "Return verification envelope" means an
19 envelope that contains a secrecy envelope and which is
20 designed to allow election officials, upon examination
21 of the outside of the envelope, to determine that the
22 ballot is being submitted by someone who is in fact a
23 registered voter and who has not already voted.
24 3. "Secrecy envelope" means an envelope used to
25 contain the elector's ballot and that is designed to
26 conceal the voter's vote and to prevent the voter's
27 ballot from being distinguished from the ballots of
28 other voters.
29 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.3 MAIL BALLOT
30 ELECTION PROCEDURE.
31 The state commissioner of elections shall prescribe
32 uniform procedures and forms to be used in the conduct
33 of mail ballot elections.
34 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.4 INITIATION BY
35 GOVERNING BODY.
36 1. The city council of a city may, by resolution,
37 request that the county commissioner of elections
38 conduct the regular city election or a special city
39 election under this chapter. Only a city with two
40 hundred or fewer registered voters at the time the
41 resolution is adopted may make such a request. The
42 council must file the resolution with the county
43 commissioner not later than ninety days before the
44 date of the election. The commissioner shall approve
45 the request if the commissioner determines that it is
46 economically and administratively feasible to conduct
47 the regular city election or a special city election
48 by mail.
49 2. After the resolution is approved, the county
50 commissioner shall prepare a written plan for conduct
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1 of the election as provided in section 49B.5. At
2 least seventy-one days before the date set for the
3 election, the county commissioner shall forward a copy
4 of the written plan to the city council concerned.
5 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.5 WRITTEN PLAN FOR
6 CONDUCT OF ELECTION - AMENDMENTS - APPROVAL
7 PROCEDURE.
8 1. The county commissioner shall prepare a written
9 plan, including a timetable, for the conduct of a mail
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