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2 "seventy sixty" and inserting the following:
3 "seventy".
4 8. By striking page 29, line 35 through page 30,
5 line 5, and inserting the following: "be distributed
6 by the commissioner's office, or by a person appointed
7 and accredited to the commissioner by a political
8 party as provided in section 53.22A, or by mail by a
9 political party as that term is defined in section
10 43.2. Absentee ballot applications shall not be
11 distributed more than seventy days before the
12 election. An absentee ballot courier shall sign a
13 receipt for absentee ballot applications received from
14 the commissioner's office."
15 9. Page 30, line 23, by striking the word "sixty"
16 and inserting the following: "seventy".
17 10. Page 30, line 26, by striking the word
18 "sixty" and inserting the following: "seventy".
19 11. Page 30, by striking lines 30 and 31, and
20 inserting the following: "and immediately after the
21 absentee ballots are printed, the commissioner".
22 12. By striking page 30, line 34 through page 31,
23 line 1.
24 13. Page 31, line 11, by inserting after the word
25 "ballot." the following: "There shall be printed on
26 the reverse side of the carrier envelope a receipt to
27 be completed by an absentee ballot courier. The
28 receipt shall contain space for the courier to print
29 and sign the courier's name, and indicate the date the
30 courier retrieved the ballot from the voter. The
31 absentee ballot materials mailed to the voter shall
32 include a receipt to be completed by an absentee
33 ballot courier, if applicable, and retained by the
34 voter."
35 14. Page 31, line 19, by inserting after the word
36 "family," the following: "an absentee ballot
37 courier,".
38 15. Page 31, by striking line 28, and inserting
39 the following: "registered voter, a member of the
40 voter's immediate family, an absentee ballot
41 courier,".
42 16. Page 32, by inserting after line 5 the
43 following:
44 "Sec. . Section 53.17, Code 2003, is amended by
45 adding the following new subsection:
46 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. The sealed carrier envelope
47 may be delivered to the commissioner's office by an
48 absentee ballot courier no later than the time the
49 polls are closed on election day or may be mailed to
50 the commissioner by an absentee ballot courier. If an

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