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7 be mailed to an address other than that which appears
8 on the voter's registration record. Written requests
9 shall be accepted until noon the day before the
10 ballots are scheduled to be mailed.
11 2. Ballots mailed to voters pursuant to this
12 section shall be mailed the same day that all other
13 ballots are mailed.
14 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.12 BALLOTING BY
15 CONFINED PERSONS.
16 A person who is a resident or patient in a health
17 care facility or hospital located in the county in
18 which the election is to be held shall not be mailed a
19 ballot but shall have a ballot delivered in the manner
20 prescribed by section 53.22, subsection 1.
21 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.13 PERSONAL DELIVERY
22 OF MAIL BALLOT - BALLOT DROPOFF STATIONS.
23 A ballot dropoff station for the deposit of mail
24 ballots may be established in the city conducting the
25 mail ballot election at the direction of the county
26 commissioner. A ballot dropoff station established at
27 the direction of the commissioner shall be open from
28 eight a.m. until five p.m. on the day of the election.
29 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.14 RECEIPT OF BALLOT
30 - SIGNATURE VERIFICATION.
31 When a mail ballot is returned, the county
32 commissioner, or the county commissioner's designees,
33 shall first examine the return verification envelope
34 to determine whether it was submitted by a registered
35 voter who has not previously voted. a ballot shall be
36 counted only if it is returned in the return
37 verification envelope, the envelope is signed by the
38 voter to whom the ballot is issued, and the signature
39 has been verified as provided in this section.
40 The county commissioner or the county
41 commissioner's designees shall verify the signature of
42 each voter on the return verification envelope with
43 the signature in the voter's registration records and
44 may commence verification at any time before election
45 day. If a voter to whom a replacement ballot has been
46 issued under section 49B.9 returns more than one
47 ballot, only the replacement ballot shall be counted.
48 If the voter's signature is verified and the ballot
49 is otherwise valid, the county commissioner or the
50 county commissioner's designees shall deposit the
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1 ballot unopened in an official ballot box.
2 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.15 PROCEDURE FOR
3 INVALID BALLOTS.
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