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1 1 Section 1. Section 47.1, unnumbered paragraph 4, Code
1 2 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 The state commissioner shall adopt rules describing the
1 4 emergency powers and the situations in which the powers will
1 5 be exercised. In addition to other procedures developed by
1 6 the state commissioner in the exercise of the state
1 7 commissioner's emergency powers, if the opening of a polling
1 8 place is delayed because of inclement weather, and the county
1 9 commissioner's office is open and adequately staffed, the
1 10 county commissioner may designate the county commissioner's
1 11 office as the polling place for those voters whose polling
1 12 place has not opened until such time as the polling place is
1 13 opened. A notice shall be posted on the door of the polling
1 14 place informing voters that the opening of the polling place
1 15 has been delayed and that voters may vote at the county
1 16 commissioner's office until further notice. The county
1 17 commissioner is not required to obtain prior approval from the
1 18 state commissioner before allowing such voters to vote at the
1 19 county commissioner's office on election day.
1 20 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
1 21 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
1 22 EXPLANATION
1 23 This bill allows the county commissioner of elections to
1 24 designate the commissioner's office as the polling place on
1 25 election day for those voters whose polling place has not
1 26 opened at the scheduled time because of inclement weather.
1 27 The bill requires the commissioner to post a notice on the
1 28 door of the polling place informing voters that they may vote
1 29 at the commissioner's office. The bill also provides that the
1 30 commissioner is not required to get approval from the state
1 31 commissioner before allowing such voting at the commissioner's
1 32 office.
1 33 The bill takes effect upon enactment
1 34 LSB 5435HH 80
1 35 sc/gg/14
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