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1 4. Location or locations where mail ballots can be
2 deposited pursuant to section 49B.13.
3 5. Instructions for obtaining a replacement ballot
4 if a voter's ballot is destroyed, spoiled, lost, or
5 not received pursuant to section 49B.9.
6 The county commissioner is not required to publish
7 a sample ballot.
8 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.7 MAILING BALLOTS.
9 1. Official ballots for a mail ballot election
10 shall be prepared and all other initial procedures for
11 elections shall be followed as otherwise provided by
12 law.
13 2. The county commissioner of elections shall mail
14 an official ballot to every registered voter of the
15 city conducting the election on a date not sooner than
16 the twentieth day before the date of the election and
17 not later than the tenth day before the date of the
18 election. An exception shall be made for those
19 ballots delivered as prescribed in section 49B.12.
20 3. All ballots shall be mailed by first class
21 mail.
22 4. Ballots mailed by the county commissioner shall
23 be addressed to the address of each voter appearing in
24 the registration records of the city, and placed in an
25 envelope which is prominently marked "Do Not Forward".
26 5. The ballot shall contain the following warning:
27 "Any person who, by use of violence, threats of
28 violence, or any means of duress, procures the vote of
29 a voter for or against any measure or candidate is
30 subject, upon conviction, to imprisonment or to a
31 fine, or both."
32 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.8 REGISTRATION.
33 The county commissioner shall not mail a ballot
34 under this chapter to any voter not registered thirty
35 days before the date of the election. Voters
36 registered less than thirty days before the date of
37 the election, but before the close of registration,
38 may apply for a ballot under section 49B.9.
39 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.9 REPLACEMENT
40 BALLOTS.
41 If the mail ballot is destroyed, spoiled, lost, or
42 not received by the voter, the voter may obtain a
43 replacement ballot from the county commissioner as
44 provided in this section. a voter seeking a
45 replacement ballot shall sign a statement, on a form
46 prescribed by the state commissioner, that the ballot
47 was destroyed, spoiled, lost, or not received. The
48 voter or the voter's designee shall deliver the
49 statement to the county commissioner before noon on
50 the date of the election. The voter may mail the
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