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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 614, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows: 1 3 #1. Page 2, by inserting after line 19, the 1 4 following: 1 5 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 47.9 STATE PLANNING AND 1 6 IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE. 1 7 1. A state planning and implementation committee 1 8 is created to carry out the provisions of this 1 9 section. 1 10 2. a. The state planning and implementation 1 11 committee shall consist of the following members 1 12 appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by 1 13 the senate: 1 14 (1) The county auditors of the two most populous 1 15 counties in the state. 1 16 (2) The county auditor or deputy auditor of a 1 17 county with a population of twenty-five thousand or 1 18 more. 1 19 (3) The county auditor or deputy auditor of a 1 20 county with a population of less than twenty-five 1 21 thousand. 1 22 (4) The president of the Iowa state association of 1 23 county auditors. 1 24 (5) The president of the Iowa state association of 1 25 counties. 1 26 (6) A representative from the office of auditor of 1 27 state. 1 28 (7) A representative of an organization 1 29 representing persons with disabilities. 1 30 (8) An eligible elector who is a member of a 1 31 racial minority. 1 32 (9) A person with expertise in information 1 33 technology and who serves in an executive capacity in 1 34 either the public or private sector. 1 35 (10) Two persons who are eligible electors. 1 36 b. The committee shall include the following ex 1 37 officio members: 1 38 (1) The state commissioner of elections or the 1 39 commissioner's designee. 1 40 (2) A member of the senate appointed by the 1 41 majority leader of the senate. 1 42 (3) A member of the house of representatives 1 43 appointed by the speaker of the house of 1 44 representatives. 1 45 (4) A member of the senate appointed by the 1 46 minority leader of the senate. 1 47 (5) A member of the house of representatives 1 48 appointed by the minority leader of the house of 1 49 representatives. 1 50 (6) The executive director of the state republican 2 1 party. 2 2 (7) The executive director of the state democratic 2 3 party. 2 4 (8) The executive director of the ethics and 2 5 campaign disclosure board. 2 6 3. The membership of the committee listed in 2 7 subsection 2, paragraph "a", shall comply with section 2 8 69.16. The membership of the committee in subsection 2 9 2 is not required to comply with section 69.16A. The 2 10 members of the committee shall elect a chairperson at 2 11 its organizational meeting. 2 12 4. The planning and implementation committee shall 2 13 develop and adopt a plan for compliance with Pub. L. 2 14 No. 107-252. The plan shall include the information 2 15 required in section 254 of Pub. L. No. 107-252. The 2 16 plan shall have as its priority assisting local 2 17 elections officials in implementing the provisions of 2 18 Pub. L. No. 107-252. The committee shall also study 2 19 and make recommendations on the issue of requiring 2 20 identification of all voters in elections conducted in 2 21 this state. 2 22 5. The plan developed and adopted by the committee 2 23 shall be transmitted to the governor who shall submit 2 24 the plan to the appropriate federal agency. The state 2 25 commissioner of elections shall implement the plan 2 26 developed and adopted by the committee and shall not 2 27 implement Pub. L. No. 107-252, or spend state and 2 28 federal funds appropriated for implementation of the 2 29 plan or of the federal law, in a manner contrary to 2 30 the provisions of such plan. 2 31 6. The planning and implementation committee shall 2 32 periodically submit progress reports to the oversight 2 33 committee of the legislative council. Once the plan 2 34 is submitted to the appropriate federal agency, the 2 35 oversight committee shall monitor implementation of 2 36 the plan and expenditure of funds relating to 2 37 implementation of the plan and of Pub. L. No. 107- 2 38 252." 2 39 #2. Page 2, by inserting before line 20, the 2 40 following: 2 41 "Sec. . Section 48A.8, Code 2003, is amended to 2 42 read as follows: 2 43 48A.8 REGISTRATION BY MAIL. 2 44 1. An eligible elector may register to vote by 2 45 completing a mail registration form. The form may be 2 46 mailed or delivered by the registrant or the 2 47 registrant's designee to the commissioner in the 2 48 county where the person resides. A separate 2 49 registration form shall be signed by each individual 2 50 registrant. 3 1 2. An eligible elector who registers by mail and 3 2 who has not previously voted in an election for 3 3 federal office in the county of registration shall be 3 4 required to provide identification documents when 3 5 voting for the first time in the county, unless the 3 6 registrant provided on the registration form the 3 7 registrant's Iowa driver's license number or the last 3 8 four numerals of the registrant's social security 3 9 number and the driver's license or partial social 3 10 security number matches an existing state or federal 3 11 identification record with the same social security 3 12 number or Iowa driver's license number and name, 3 13 including first name and any family forename or 3 14 surname, and date of birth, including month, date, and 3 15 year. If the registrant under this subsection votes 3 16 in person at the polls, or by absentee ballot at the 3 17 commissioner's office or at a satellite voting 3 18 station, the registrant shall provide a current and 3 19 valid photo identification card, or shall present to 3 20 the appropriate election official one of the following 3 21 current documents that show the name and address of 3 22 the registrant: 3 23 a. Utility bill. 3 24 b. Bank statement. 3 25 c. Government check. 3 26 d. Other government document. 3 27 3. If the registrant under subsection 2 votes an 3 28 absentee ballot by mail, the registrant shall provide 3 29 a photocopy of one of the documents listed in 3 30 subsection 2 when returning the absentee ballot. 3 31 4. A registrant under subsection 2 who is required 3 32 to present identification when casting a ballot in 3 33 person shall be permitted to vote a provisional ballot 3 34 if the voter does not provide the required 3 35 identification documents. If a voter who is required 3 36 to present identification when casting a ballot votes 3 37 an absentee ballot by mail, the ballot returned by the 3 38 voter shall be considered a provisional ballot 3 39 pursuant to sections 49.81 and 53.31." 3 40 #3. By striking page 7, line 24 through page 9, 3 41 line 12, and inserting the following: 3 42 "Sec. . Section 49.81, Code 2003, is amended to 3 43 read as follows: 3 44 49.81 PROCEDURE FOR CHALLENGED VOTER TO CAST 3 45 PROVISIONAL BALLOT. 3 46 1. A prospective voter who is prohibited under 3 47 section 48A.8, subsection 4, section 49.77, subsection 3 48 4, or section 49.80 from voting except under this 3 49 section shall bepermitted tonotified by the 3 50 appropriate precinct election official that the voter 4 1 may cast apaperprovisional ballot. If a booth 4 2 meeting the requirement of section 49.25 is not 4 3 available at that polling place, the precinct election 4 4 officials shall make alternative arrangements to 4 5 insure the challenged voter the opportunity to vote in 4 6 secret. The marked ballot, folded as required by 4 7 section 49.84, shall be delivered to a precinct 4 8 election official who shall immediately seal it in an 4 9 envelope of the type prescribed by subsection 4. The 4 10 sealed envelope shall be deposited ina specialan 4 11 envelope marked"ballots for special precinct"4 12 "provisional ballots" and shall be considered as 4 13 having been cast in the special precinct established 4 14 by section 53.20 for purposes of the postelection 4 15 canvass." 4 16 #4. By striking page 16, line 7 through page 17, 4 17 line 2. 4 18 #5. By striking page 19, line 1, through page 29, 4 19 line 10. 4 20 #6. Page 29, by striking lines 13 through 20, and 4 21 inserting the following: 4 22 "Sec. . Section 39A.4, subsection 1, paragraph 4 23 c, Code 2003, is amended by adding the following new 4 24 subparagraphs: 4 25 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (11) Distributing an absentee 4 26 ballot application in person to the applicant and the 4 27 person is not the commissioner, an employee of the 4 28 commissioner's office, or an absentee ballot courier 4 29 under section 53.22A. 4 30 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (12) Distributing an absentee 4 31 ballot application more than seventy days before the 4 32 election. 4 33 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (13) Returning an absentee 4 34 ballot application to the commissioner's office and 4 35 the person is not the applicant or an immediate family 4 36 member of the applicant as that term is defined in 4 37 section 53.1A or is not the designee of a voter 4 38 described in section 53.22, subsection 5. 4 39 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (14) Returning a voted absentee 4 40 ballot to the commissioner's office and the person is 4 41 not the voter, an immediate family member of the voter 4 42 as that term is defined in section 53.1A, an absentee 4 43 ballot courier under section 53.22A, or the designee 4 44 of a voter described in section 53.22, subsection 5. 4 45 Sec. . Section 39A.5, subsection 1, paragraph 4 46 b, Code 2003, is amended by adding the following new 4 47 subparagraph: 4 48 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (4) As an absentee ballot 4 49 courier, neglecting or refusing to fill out one or 4 50 both receipts required under section 53.17." 5 1 #7. Page 29, line 30, by striking the words 5 2 "seventysixty" and inserting the following: 5 3 "seventy". 5 4 #8. By striking page 29, line 35 through page 30, 5 5 line 5, and inserting the following: "be distributed 5 6 by the commissioner's office, or by a person appointed 5 7 and accredited to the commissioner by a political 5 8 party as provided in section 53.22A, or by mail by a 5 9 political party as that term is defined in section 5 10 43.2. Absentee ballot applications shall not be 5 11 distributed more than seventy days before the 5 12 election. An absentee ballot courier shall sign a 5 13 receipt for absentee ballot applications received from 5 14 the commissioner's office." 5 15 #9. Page 30, line 23, by striking the word "sixty" 5 16 and inserting the following: "seventy". 5 17 #10. Page 30, line 26, by striking the word 5 18 "sixty" and inserting the following: "seventy". 5 19 #11. Page 30, by striking lines 30 and 31, and 5 20 inserting the following: "and immediately after the 5 21 absentee ballots are printed, the commissioner". 5 22 #12. By striking page 30, line 34 through page 31, 5 23 line 1. 5 24 #13. Page 31, line 11, by inserting after the word 5 25 "ballot." the following: "There shall be printed on 5 26 the reverse side of the carrier envelope a receipt to 5 27 be completed by an absentee ballot courier. The 5 28 receipt shall contain space for the courier to print 5 29 and sign the courier's name, and indicate the date the 5 30 courier retrieved the ballot from the voter. The 5 31 absentee ballot materials mailed to the voter shall 5 32 include a receipt to be completed by an absentee 5 33 ballot courier, if applicable, and retained by the 5 34 voter." 5 35 #14. Page 31, line 19, by inserting after the word 5 36 "family," the following: "an absentee ballot 5 37 courier,". 5 38 #15. Page 31, by striking line 28, and inserting 5 39 the following: "registered voter, a member of the 5 40 voter's immediate family, an absentee ballot 5 41 courier,". 5 42 #16. Page 32, by inserting after line 5 the 5 43 following: 5 44 "Sec. . Section 53.17, Code 2003, is amended by 5 45 adding the following new subsection: 5 46 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. The sealed carrier envelope 5 47 may be delivered to the commissioner's office by an 5 48 absentee ballot courier no later than the time the 5 49 polls are closed on election day or may be mailed to 5 50 the commissioner by an absentee ballot courier. If an 6 1 absentee ballot courier retrieves a ballot from a 6 2 voter, the courier shall fill out the receipt to be 6 3 retained by the voter and shall fill out the receipt 6 4 printed on the carrier envelope. Failure to fill out 6 5 either receipt is a simple misdemeanor under section 6 6 39A.5, subsection 1, paragraph "b". A voted absentee 6 7 ballot courier shall mail or deliver ballots to the 6 8 commissioner's office within seventy-two hours of 6 9 retrieving the ballot from the voter. Failure to do 6 10 so is a violation under section 39A.2, subsection 1, 6 11 paragraph "b", subparagraph (1). 6 12 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 53.22A ABSENTEE BALLOT 6 13 COURIERS. 6 14 Any number of persons from each political party 6 15 having candidates to be voted for at an election who 6 16 are appointed and accredited by the executive or 6 17 central committee of such political party may serve as 6 18 absentee ballot couriers. An absentee ballot courier 6 19 is authorized to deliver absentee ballot applications 6 20 to absentee ballot applicants and to return voted 6 21 absentee ballots to the commissioner's office. For 6 22 purposes of this section, "political party" is the 6 23 same as defined in section 43.2. 6 24 Sec. . EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this 6 25 Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes 6 26 effect upon enactment." 6 27 #17. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the 6 28 word "law," the following: "creating a planning and 6 29 implementation committee,". 6 30 #18. Title page, by striking lines 3 through 6, 6 31 and inserting the following: "hours of the polls, and 6 32 making changes". 6 33 #19. By renumbering as necessary. 6 34 HF 614S 6 35 sc/cc/26
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