House Journal: Page 611: Tuesday, March 5, 2002
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1 statement to the county commissioner. However, a
2 county commissioner shall not transmit a ballot by
3 mail under this section unless the statement is
4 received before five p.m. on the fourth day before the
5 date of the election. When a statement is timely
6 received under this section, the county commissioner
7 shall give the ballot to the voter if the voter is
8 present in the office of the county commissioner, or
9 promptly mail the ballot to the voter at the address
10 contained in the statement, except when prohibited by
11 this section. If the voter is present in the county
12 commissioner's office, the ballot shall be voted at
13 that time. The county commissioner shall keep a
14 record of each replacement ballot provided under this
15 section. If a voter, having received and voted a
16 replacement ballot as provided under this section,
17 later finds the lost ballot, the voter shall return
18 the lost ballot to the county commissioner.
19 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.10 VOTING AND RETURN
20 OF BALLOT.
21 1. a registered voter, upon receipt of a mail
22 ballot, shall mark the ballot in such a manner that no
23 other person will know how the ballot is marked and
24 shall place it in the secrecy envelope provided with
25 the ballot.
26 A voter who is blind, cannot read, or because of a
27 physical disability is unable to mark the ballot, may
28 be assisted by any person selected by the voter.
29 2. The voter shall place the secrecy envelope
30 containing the ballot in the return verification
31 envelope and sign and securely seal the return
32 verification envelope. The sealed return verification
33 envelope shall be returned to the county commissioner
34 by one of the following methods:
35 a. The sealed return verification envelope may be
36 delivered by the registered voter or the voter's
37 designee to the county commissioner's office or a
38 place designated by the commissioner no later than the
39 time the polls close on election day.
40 b. The sealed return verification envelope may be
41 mailed, postage paid, to the county commissioner. In
42 order for the ballot to be counted, the return
43 verification envelope must be clearly postmarked by an
44 officially authorized postal service not later than
45 the day before the election and received by the county
46 commissioner not later than the time established for
47 the canvass by the board of supervisors for that
48 election. The county commissioner shall contact the
49 post office serving the county commissioner's office
50 at the latest practical hour before the canvass by the
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