House Journal: Page 915: Tuesday, March 27, 2001
9 election. An exception shall be made for those
10 ballots delivered as prescribed in section 49B.12.
11 3. All ballots shall be mailed by first class
12 mail.
13 4. Ballots mailed by the county commissioner shall
14 be addressed to the address of each voter appearing in
15 the registration records of the city, and placed in an
16 envelope which is prominently marked "Do Not Forward".
17 5. The ballot shall contain the following warning:
18 "Any person who, by use of violence, threats of
19 violence, or any means of duress, procures the vote of
20 a voter for or against any measure or candidate is
21 subject, upon conviction, to imprisonment or to a
22 fine, or both."
23 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.8 REGISTRATION.
24 The county commissioner shall not mail a ballot
25 under this chapter to any voter not registered thirty
26 days before the date of the election. Voters
27 registered less than thirty days before the date of
28 the election, but before the close of registration,
29 may apply for a ballot under section 49B.9.
30 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.9 REPLACEMENT
31 BALLOTS.
32 If the mail ballot is destroyed, spoiled, lost, or
33 not received by the voter, the voter may obtain a
34 replacement ballot from the county commissioner as
35 provided in this section. a voter seeking a
36 replacement ballot shall sign a statement, on a form
37 prescribed by the state commissioner, that the ballot
38 was destroyed, spoiled, lost, or not received. The
39 voter or the voter's designee shall deliver the
40 statement to the county commissioner before noon on
41 the date of the election. The voter may mail the
42 statement to the county commissioner. However, a
43 county commissioner shall not transmit a ballot by
44 mail under this section unless the statement is
45 received before five p.m. on the fourth day before the
46 date of the election. When a statement is timely
47 received under this section, the county commissioner
48 shall give the ballot to the voter if the voter is
49 present in the office of the county commissioner, or
50 promptly mail the ballot to the voter at the address
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1 contained in the statement, except when prohibited by
2 this section. If the voter is present in the county
3 commissioner's office, the ballot shall be voted at
4 that time. The county commissioner shall keep a
5 record of each replacement ballot provided under this
6 section. If a voter, having received and voted a
7 replacement ballot as provided under this section,
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