Text: HF00247 Text: HF00249 Text: HF00200 - HF00299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 53.40, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1 2 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 Unless the request specifies otherwise, a request for the 1 4 primary election shall also be considered a request for the 1 5 general election.In the case of the general electionFor all 1 6 elections, request may be made not more than seventy days 1 7 before the election, for and on behalf of a voter in the armed 1 8 forces of the United States by a spouse, parent, parent-in- 1 9 law, adult brother, adult sister, or adult child of the voter, 1 10 residing in the county of the voter's residence. However, a 1 11 request made by other than the voter may be required to be 1 12 made on forms prescribed by the state commissioner. 1 13 EXPLANATION 1 14 This bill provides that a family member, specified by law, 1 15 may make a request for an absentee ballot on behalf of a voter 1 16 in the armed forces of the United States for any election. 1 17 Current law allows requests by proxy for a member of the armed 1 18 forces only for the general election. 1 19 LSB 2287HH 80 1 20 sc/cf/24
Text: HF00247 Text: HF00249 Text: HF00200 - HF00299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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