House Journal: Page 793: Tuesday, March 25, 2003
16 8. 12. Any other matters thought determined
17 necessary.
18 Sec. 18. Section 49.70, Code 2003, is amended to
19 read as follows:
20 49.70 PRECINCT ELECTION OFFICIALS FURNISHED
21 INSTRUCTIONS.
22 The commissioner shall cause copies of the
23 foregoing each set of instructions to be printed in
24 large, clear type, under the heading headings of Iowa
25 voter bill of rights and "Instructions instructions
26 for Voters marking ballots ", and shall furnish the
27 precinct election officials with a sufficient number
28 of such each set of instructions as will enable them
29 to comply with section 49.71.
30 Sec. 19. Section 49.71, Code 2003, is amended to
31 read as follows:
32 49.71 POSTING INSTRUCTION CARDS AND SAMPLE
33 BALLOTS.
34 The precinct election officials, before the opening
35 of the polls, shall cause said cards securely post
36 each set of instructions to be securely posted as
37 follows:
38 1. One copy of instructions for marking ballots in
39 each voting booth.
40 2. Not less than four copies of each set, with an
41 equal number of sample ballots, in and about the
42 polling place.
43 Sec. 20. Section 49.81, Code 2003, is amended to
44 read as follows:
45 49.81 PROCEDURE FOR CHALLENGED VOTER TO CAST
46 PROVISIONAL BALLOT.
47 1. A prospective voter who is prohibited under
48 section 48A.8, subsection 4, section 49.77, subsection
49 4, or section 49.80 from voting except under this
50 section shall be permitted to notified by the
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1 appropriate precinct election official that the voter
2 may cast a paper provisional ballot. If a booth
3 meeting the requirement of section 49.25 is not
4 available at that polling place, the precinct election
5 officials shall make alternative arrangements to
6 insure the challenged voter the opportunity to vote in
7 secret. The marked ballot, folded as required by
8 section 49.84, shall be delivered to a precinct
9 election official who shall immediately seal it in an
10 envelope of the type prescribed by subsection 4. The
11 sealed envelope shall be deposited in a special an
12 envelope marked "ballots for special precinct
13 "provisional ballots" and shall be considered as
14 having been cast in the special precinct established
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