House Journal: Page 612: Tuesday, March 5, 2002
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1 board of supervisors for that election, and shall
2 arrange for return verification envelopes received in
3 that post office but not yet delivered to the
4 commissioner's office to be brought to the
5 commissioner's office before the canvass for that
6 election by the board of supervisors.
7 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.11 ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
8 1. A registered voter who will be absent from the
9 city during the time when the ballots are mailed may
10 do either of the following:
11 a. Vote in person in the county commissioner's
12 office as soon as ballots are available and until noon
13 the day before the ballots are scheduled to be mailed.
14 b. Make a written request, signed by the voter and
15 addressed to the county commissioner, that the ballot
16 be mailed to an address other than that which appears
17 on the voter's registration record. Written requests
18 shall be accepted until noon the day before the
19 ballots are scheduled to be mailed.
20 2. Ballots mailed to voters pursuant to this
21 section shall be mailed the same day that all other
22 ballots are mailed.
23 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.12 BALLOTING BY
24 CONFINED PERSONS.
25 a person who is a resident or patient in a health
26 care facility or hospital located in the county in
27 which the election is to be held shall not be mailed a
28 ballot but shall have a ballot delivered in the manner
29 prescribed by section 53.22, subsection 1.
30 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.13 PERSONAL DELIVERY
31 OF MAIL BALLOT - BALLOT DROPOFF STATIONS.
32 a ballot dropoff station for the deposit of mail
33 ballots may be established in the city conducting the
34 mail ballot election at the direction of the county
35 commissioner. a ballot dropoff station established at
36 the direction of the commissioner shall be open from
37 eight a.m. until five p.m. on the day of the election.
38 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 49B.14 RECEIPT OF BALLOT
39 - SIGNATURE VERIFICATION.
40 When a mail ballot is returned, the county
41 commissioner, or the county commissioner's designees,
42 shall first examine the return verification envelope
43 to determine whether it was submitted by a registered
44 voter who has not previously voted. a ballot shall be
45 counted only if it is returned in the return
46 verification envelope, the envelope is signed by the
47 voter to whom the ballot is issued, and the signature
48 has been verified as provided in this section.
49 The county commissioner or the county
50 commissioner's designees shall verify the signature of
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