House Journal: Page 916: Tuesday, March 27, 2001
8 later finds the lost ballot, the voter shall return
9 the lost ballot to the county commissioner.
10 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.10 VOTING AND RETURN
11 OF BALLOT.
12 1. A registered voter, upon receipt of a mail
13 ballot, shall mark the ballot in such a manner that no
14 other person will know how the ballot is marked and
15 shall place it in the secrecy envelope provided with
16 the ballot.
17 A voter who is blind, cannot read, or because of a
18 physical disability is unable to mark the ballot, may
19 be assisted by any person selected by the voter.
20 2. The voter shall place the secrecy envelope
21 containing the ballot in the return verification
22 envelope and sign and securely seal the return
23 verification envelope. The sealed return verification
24 envelope shall be returned to the county commissioner
25 by one of the following methods:
26 a. The sealed return verification envelope may be
27 delivered by the registered voter or the voter's
28 designee to the county commissioner's office or a
29 place designated by the commissioner no later than the
30 time the polls close on election day.
31 b. The sealed return verification envelope may be
32 mailed, postage paid, to the county commissioner. In
33 order for the ballot to be counted, the return
34 verification envelope must be clearly postmarked by an
35 officially authorized postal service not later than
36 the day before the election and received by the county
37 commissioner not later than the time established for
38 the canvass by the board of supervisors for that
39 election. The county commissioner shall contact the
40 post office serving the county commissioner's office
41 at the latest practical hour before the canvass by the
42 board of supervisors for that election, and shall
43 arrange for return verification envelopes received in
44 that post office but not yet delivered to the
45 commissioner's office to be brought to the
46 commissioner's office before the canvass for that
47 election by the board of supervisors.
48 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.11 ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
49 1. A registered voter who will be absent from the
50 city during the time when the ballots are mailed may
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1 do either of the following:
2 a. Vote in person in the county commissioner's
3 office as soon as ballots are available and until noon
4 the day before the ballots are scheduled to be mailed.
5 b. Make a written request, signed by the voter and
6 addressed to the county commissioner, that the ballot
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