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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 2269, as passed by the Senate, as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. Page 16, by striking lines 5 through 23 and 1 4 inserting the following: 1 5 "Sec. . Section 53.17, Code 2003, is amended to 1 6 read as follows: 1 7 53.17 MAILING OR DELIVERING BALLOT. 1 8 1. The sealed envelope containing the absentee 1 9 ballot shall be enclosed in a carrier envelope which 1 10 shall be securely sealed. The sealed carrier envelope 1 11 shall be returned to the commissioner by one of the 1 12 following methods: 1 131.a. The sealed carrier envelope may be delivered 1 14 by the registered voter, by the special precinct 1 15 election officials designated pursuant to section 1 16 53.22, subsection 1, or by the voter's designee if the 1 17 absentee ballot is voted by a voter described in 1 18 section 53.22, subsection 5, to the commissioner's 1 19 office no later than the time the polls are closed on 1 20 election day, except as otherwise provided in 1 21 subsection 4. 1 222.b. The sealed carrier envelope may be mailed to 1 23 the commissioner by the registered voter, by an 1 24 immediate family member of the voter, or by the 1 25 voter's designee if the ballot is voted by a voter 1 26 described in section 53.22, subsection 5.The carrier1 27envelope shall indicate that greater postage than1 28ordinary first class mail may be required. The1 29commissioner shall pay any insufficient postage due on1 30a carrier envelope bearing ordinary first class1 31postage and accept the ballot.1 32 c. The sealed carrier envelope may be delivered to 1 33 the commissioner by an absentee ballot courier, but 1 34 only as provided in subsection 4. 1 35 2. In order for the ballot to be counted, the 1 36 carrier envelope must be received in the 1 37 commissioner's office before the polls close on 1 38 election day or be clearly postmarked by an officially 1 39 authorized postal service not later than the day 1 40 before the election and received by the commissioner 1 41 not later than noon on the Monday following the 1 42 election. 1 43 3. If the law authorizing the election specifies 1 44 that the supervisors canvass the votes earlier than 1 45 the Monday following the election, absentee ballots 1 46 returned through the mail must be received not later 1 47 than the time established for the canvass by the board 1 48 of supervisors for that election. The commissioner 1 49 shall contact the post office serving the 1 50 commissioner's office at the latest practicable hour 2 1 before the canvass by the board of supervisors for 2 2 that election, and shall arrange for absentee ballots 2 3 received in that post office but not yet delivered to 2 4 the commissioner's office to be brought to the 2 5 commissioner's office before the canvass for that 2 6 election by the board of supervisors. 2 7 4. a. A person who represents a political party, 2 8 candidate, or committee, as defined by chapter 68A, 2 9 shall register with the commissioner as an absentee 2 10 ballot courier in order to deliver completed absentee 2 11 ballots to the commissioner. A candidate whose name 2 12 is on the ballot or an elected official shall not be 2 13 allowed to register as an absentee ballot courier. 2 14 b. The registration shall include the courier's 2 15 name and address and the best means for contacting the 2 16 person or the political party, candidate, or committee 2 17 the person represents. An absentee ballot courier 2 18 must register with the commissioner prior to each 2 19 election for which the person will be delivering 2 20 completed absentee ballots to the commissioner. For 2 21 each election, the commissioner shall maintain a list 2 22 of all persons who have registered as absentee ballot 2 23 couriers. 2 24 c. A person wishing to register as an absentee 2 25 ballot courier must complete a training course in the 2 26 laws, procedures, and penalties related to handling 2 27 completed absentee ballots. The training course shall 2 28 be conducted by the commissioner; the commissioner's 2 29 designee; or, in the case of partisan elections, by 2 30 the respective county central committees. The 2 31 curriculum for the training course shall be 2 32 established by the state commissioner by rule adopted 2 33 pursuant to chapter 17A. 2 34 d. When an absentee ballot courier retrieves a 2 35 completed absentee ballot from a voter, the courier 2 36 shall fill out a receipt to be retained by the voter. 2 37 The receipt shall state the name of the courier and 2 38 that the completed absentee ballot will be delivered 2 39 to the commissioner's office within seventy-two hours 2 40 or by five p.m. on election day, whichever is sooner. 2 41 e. An absentee ballot courier shall submit a cover 2 42 sheet listing the names of persons whose ballots are 2 43 being delivered each time the courier delivers ballots 2 44 to the commissioner's office. 2 45 f. A violation of any part of this subsection is 2 46 election misconduct in the first degree, pursuant to 2 47 section 39A.2, subsection 1, paragraph "b", 2 48 subparagraph (1). 2 49 5. For purposes of this section, "immediate family 2 50 member" means the spouse, adult child or stepchild, 3 1 adult grandchild, parent or stepparent, grandparent, 3 2 or adult sibling of the voter." 3 3 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 3 4 3 5 3 6 3 7 JACOBS of Polk 3 8 SF 2269.703 80 3 9 sc/gg
Text: H08365 Text: H08367 Text: H08300 - H08399 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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