House Journal: Page 609: Tuesday, March 5, 2002
2 the regular city election or a special city election
3 by mail, the city council, by resolution, may require
4 the county commissioner of elections to conduct the
5 election under this chapter by filing the resolution
6 with the county commissioner not later than ninety
7 days before the date of the election.
8 2. After the resolution is filed, the county
9 commissioner shall prepare a written plan for conduct
10 of the election as provided in section 49B.5. At
11 least seventy-one days before the date set for the
12 election, the county commissioner shall forward a copy
13 of the written plan to the city council concerned.
14 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.5 WRITTEN PLAN FOR
15 CONDUCT OF ELECTION - AMENDMENTS - APPROVAL
16 PROCEDURE.
17 1. The county commissioner shall prepare a written
18 plan, including a timetable, for the conduct of a mail
19 ballot election and shall submit it to the state
20 commissioner of elections at least seventy-one days
21 before the date of the election.
22 2. The plan may be amended by the county
23 commissioner any time before the sixty-fourth day
24 before the date of the election by notifying the state
25 commissioner of elections in writing of any changes.
26 3. Within five days after receiving the plan, and
27 as soon as possible after receiving any amendments,
28 the state commissioner of elections shall approve,
29 disapprove, or recommend changes to the plan or
30 amendments. The final plan shall be approved and
31 available to the public at least two days before the
32 deadline for candidates to file nomination papers in
33 the office of the city clerk.
34 4. When the written plan has been approved, the
35 county commissioner shall proceed to conduct the
36 election according to the approved plan.
37 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.6 PUBLICATION OF
38 NOTICE.
39 The county commissioner shall, not more than ten
40 days and not less than four days before the date that
41 ballots are to be mailed, publish notice that a mail
42 ballot election will be conducted. The notice shall
43 be published in a newspaper of general circulation in
44 each city for which the mail ballot election will be
45 conducted. The notice shall include all of the
46 following information:
47 1. The date ballots will be mailed.
48 2. The last day that a voter can request an
49 absentee ballot.
50 3. Voter registration deadlines.
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