House Journal: Page 800: Tuesday, March 25, 2003
9 The commissioner shall forward a copy of the absentee
10 ballot request to other commissioners who are
11 responsible under section 47.2, subsection 2, for
12 conducting elections in which the applicant is
13 eligible to vote.
14 Sec. 36. Section 53.53, Code 2003, is amended by
15 adding the following new unnumbered paragraphs:
16 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. A federal write-in
17 ballot received by the state commissioner of elections
18 shall be forwarded immediately to the appropriate
19 county commissioner. However, if the state
20 commissioner receives a federal write-in ballot after
21 election day and before noon on the Monday following
22 an election, the state commissioner shall at once
23 verify that the voter has complied with the
24 requirements of this section and that the voter's
25 federal write-in ballot is eligible to be counted. If
26 the ballot is eligible to be counted, the state
27 commissioner shall notify the appropriate county
28 commissioner and make arrangements for the ballot to
29 be transmitted to the county for counting. If the
30 ballot is not eligible to be counted, the state
31 commissioner shall mail the ballot to the appropriate
32 commissioner along with notification that the ballot
33 is ineligible to be counted. The county commissioner
34 shall keep the ballot with the other records of the
35 election.
36 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. The county commissioner
37 shall notify a voter when the voter's federal write-in
38 ballot was not counted and shall give the voter the
39 reason the ballot was not counted.
40 Sec. 37. Sections 49.35, 52.11, 52.14, and 52.22,
41 Code 2003, are repealed.
42 Sec. 38. EFFECTIVE DATES.
43 1. The sections of this Act enacting new Code
44 section 48A.25A and amending Code sections 48A.26,
45 48A.36, 49.68, 49.70, 49.71, and that portion of
46 section 52.16 relating to voter instructions only,
47 take effect January 1, 2004, or January 1, 2006, if a
48 waiver is granted pursuant to section 303(d) of Pub.
49 L. No. 107-252.
50 2. The sections of this Act amending sections
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1 52.1, 52.9, 52.10, 52.12, 52.16, 52.17, 52.20, 52.21,
2 and 52.25, and the sections of this Act repealing
3 sections 52.11, 52.14, and 52.22, take effect January
4 1, 2004, or January 1, 2006, if a waiver is granted
5 pursuant to section 102(a) of Pub. L. No. 107-252.
6 3. The remainder of this Act, being deemed of
7 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment."
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