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8 adding the following new subsection:
9 NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. If a person is registering
10 under the provisions of section 48A.9A, the person
11 shall be a resident of the county in which the
12 election is held for ten days immediately preceding
13 the election, subject to the provisions of subsection
14 3 and section 48A.27, subsection 2, paragraph "a",
15 subparagraph (3).
16 Sec. . Section 48A.9, subsection 1, Code 2001,
17 is amended to read as follows:
18 1. Registration closes at five p.m. eleven days
19 before each election except primary and general
20 elections. For primary and general elections,
21 registration closes at five p.m. ten days before the
22 election. An eligible elector may register during the
23 time registration is closed in the elector's precinct
24 but the registration shall not become effective until
25 registration opens again in the elector's precinct
26 unless the elector obtains an affidavit of special
27 late registration as provided in section 48A.9A.
28 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 48A.9A SPECIAL LATE
29 REGISTRATION.
30 1. Notwithstanding the voter registration
31 deadlines in section 48A.9, an eligible elector may
32 register to vote on election day if the elector
33 presents to the precinct election official
34 identification in the form described in section 49.77,
35 subsection 3.
36 2. The commissioner shall record the information
37 required of an eligible elector on the election
38 register for the county precinct of the eligible
39 elector or shall provide a separate listing of the
40 information required of an eligible elector to the
41 county precinct of the eligible elector who registers
42 in person at the commissioner's office or at the
43 elector's precinct polling place on election day.
44 3. If the commissioner is unable to make available
45 to a county precinct the information required of an
46 eligible elector who registers through special late
47 registration procedures, on the election register of a
48 county precinct or through the provision of a separate
49 listing of the eligible electors who register through
50 special late registration procedures, an eligible
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1 elector may obtain from the commissioner of
2 registration a form of affidavit prescribed by the
3 state commissioner of elections to serve as evidence
4 of special late registration. If the affidavit is
5 completed by the elector and notarized by the
6 commissioner of registration or an employee of the
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