House Journal: Page 1941: Saturday, December 30, 1899
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1 absentee ballot courier retrieves a ballot from a
2 voter, the courier shall fill out the receipt to be
3 retained by the voter and shall fill out the receipt
4 printed on the carrier envelope. Failure to fill out
5 either receipt is a simple misdemeanor under section
6 39A.5, subsection 1, paragraph "b". A voted absentee
7 ballot courier shall mail or deliver ballots to the
8 commissioner's office within seventy-two hours of
9 retrieving the ballot from the voter. Failure to do
10 so is a violation under section 39A.2, subsection 1,
11 paragraph "b", subparagraph (1).
12 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 53.22A ABSENTEE BALLOT
13 COURIERS.
14 Any number of persons from each political party
15 having candidates to be voted for at an election who
16 are appointed and accredited by the executive or
17 central committee of such political party may serve as
18 absentee ballot couriers. An absentee ballot courier
19 is authorized to deliver absentee ballot applications
20 to absentee ballot applicants and to return voted
21 absentee ballots to the commissioner's office. For
22 purposes of this section, "political party" is the
23 same as defined in section 43.2.
24 Sec. . EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this
25 Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
26 effect upon enactment."
27 17. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the
28 word "law," the following: "creating a planning and
29 implementation committee,".
30 18. Title page, by striking lines 3 through 6,
31 and inserting the following: "hours of the polls, and
32 making changes".
33 19. By renumbering as necessary.
A non-record roll call was requested.
The ayes were 50, nays 41.
The motion prevailed and the House concurred in the Senate
amendment H-1614.
Jacobs of Polk moved that the bill, as amended by the Senate and
concurred in by the House, be read a last time now and placed upon
its passage which motion prevailed and the bill was read a last time.
On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (H.F. 614)
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