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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend the House amendment, S-5292, to Senate File 1 2 2269, as passed by the Senate, as follows: 1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 9, the 1 4 following: 1 5 "# . Page 1, by inserting after line 14 the 1 6 following: 1 7 "Sec. . Section 46.21, unnumbered paragraph 1, 1 8 Code 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 9 At least sixty-nine days before each judicial 1 10 election, the state commissioner of elections shall 1 11 certify to the county commissioner of elections of 1 12 each county a list of the judges of the supreme court, 1 13 court of appeals, and district court including 1 14 district associate judges, full-time associate 1 15 juvenile judges, and full-time associate probate 1 16 judges, and clerks of the district court to be voted 1 17 on in each county at that election. The county 1 18 commissioner of elections shall place the names upon 1 19 the ballot in the order in which they appear in the 1 20 certificate, unless only one county is voting thereon. 1 21 The state commissioner of elections shall rotate the 1 22 names in the certificate by county, or the county1 23commissioner of elections shall rotate them upon the1 24ballot by precinct if only one county is voting1 25thereon. The names of all judges and clerks to be 1 26 voted on shall be placed upon one ballot, which shall 1 27 be in substantially the following form:"" 1 28 #2. Page 2, by inserting after line 17, the 1 29 following: 1 30 "# . Page 13, line 26, by striking the words 1 31 "commissioner, or" and inserting the following: 1 32 "commissioner, or. A registered voter may". 1 33 # . Page 13, line 28, by inserting after the 1 34 word "ballot." the following: "A written application 1 35 for an absentee ballot must be received by the 1 36 commissioner no later than five p.m. on the Friday 1 37 before the election." 1 38 # . Page 14, line 17, by inserting after the 1 39 word "applicant" the following: "or no later than 1 40 five p.m. on the Friday before the election, whichever 1 41 is earlier". 1 42 # . Page 15, line 4, by inserting after the word 1 43 "applicant" the following: "or no later than five 1 44 p.m. on the Friday before the election, whichever is 1 45 earlier"." 1 46 #3. Page 2, by striking lines 22 and 23, and 1 47 inserting the following: "the office of the 1 48 commissioner within seventy-two hours of retrieving 1 49 the completed ballot or before the closing of the 1 50 polls on election day, whichever is earlier."" 2 1 #4. Page 3, line 30, by striking the word 2 2 "register" and inserting the following: "be 2 3 registered". 2 4 #5. Page 3, lines 34 and 35, by striking the words 2 5 "allowed to register" and inserting the following: 2 6 "registered". 2 7 #6. Page 3, line 36, by striking the word "The" 2 8 and inserting the following: "Absentee ballot 2 9 couriers shall be registered with the commissioner by 2 10 the person providing the training required in 2 11 paragraph "c". The". 2 12 #7. Page 3, line 40, by striking the word 2 13 "register" and inserting the following: "be 2 14 registered". 2 15 #8. Page 3, line 43, by inserting after the word 2 16 "commissioner." the following: "However, if a person 2 17 has completed training as an absentee ballot courier 2 18 and the trainer is unable to register the person 2 19 because the commissioner's office is closed, the 2 20 person may retrieve completed absentee ballots if the 2 21 trainer registers the courier with the commissioner by 2 22 facsimile transmission within twenty-four hours of 2 23 completion of training or by personally delivering the 2 24 registration information to the commissioner's office 2 25 by the close of the next business day following 2 26 completion of training or by mailing the registration 2 27 information to the commissioner, in which case the 2 28 mailing must be postmarked no later than the next 2 29 business day following completion of training." 2 30 #9. Page 3, line 45, by inserting after the word 2 31 "have" the following: "been". 2 32 #10. Page 3, line 46, by striking the word 2 33 "register" and inserting the following: "be 2 34 registered". 2 35 #11. Page 4, by striking line 2, and inserting the 2 36 following: "the respective state or county central 2 37 committees, or a member of the paid staff of such 2 38 committees, or by the county party or the state party, 2 39 or a member of the paid staff of such parties. The". 2 40 #12. Page 4, line 22, by striking the words "by 2 41 five p.m." and inserting the following: "before the 2 42 closing of the polls". 2 43 #13. Page 4, line 23, by striking the word 2 44 "sooner" and inserting the following: "earlier". 2 45 #14. Page 4, by inserting after line 23, the 2 46 following: 2 47 "(6) A statement informing the voter that the 2 48 voter may verify that the person retrieving the 2 49 completed ballot is a registered absentee ballot 2 50 courier by contacting the county auditor's office." 3 1 #15. Page 4, line 27, by inserting after the word 3 2 "office." the following: "A completed ballot and 3 3 cover sheet shall only be delivered to the 3 4 commissioner's office by the absentee ballot courier 3 5 who retrieved the ballot or by one other absentee 3 6 ballot courier designated by the political party, 3 7 candidate, or committee for which the absentee ballot 3 8 couriers are acting as actual or implied agents. The 3 9 cover sheet shall include space for the name and 3 10 signature of the absentee ballot courier who retrieved 3 11 the ballot and the name and signature of any second 3 12 absentee ballot courier designated to deliver the 3 13 ballot and cover sheet to the commissioner's office." 3 14 #16. Page 4, by inserting after line 35, the 3 15 following: 3 16 "# . Page 18, line 6, by inserting after the 3 17 word "enactment" the following: "and applies to 3 18 elections held on or after September 15, 2004"." 3 19 #17. Page 4, by inserting after line 38 the 3 20 following: 3 21 "# . Title page, lines 4 and 5, by striking the 3 22 words "an effective date" and inserting the following: 3 23 "effective and applicability dates". 3 24 #18. By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating 3 25 and correcting internal references as necessary. 3 26 SF 2269S 3 27 sc/cc/26
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