1. Satellite absentee voting stations may be established throughout the cities and county at the direction of the commissioner and shall be established upon receipt of a petition signed by not less than one hundred eligible electors requesting that a satellite absentee voting station be established at a location to be described on the petition. A satellite absentee voting station established by petition must be open at least one day for a minimum of six hours. A satellite absentee voting station established at the direction of the commissioner or by petition may remain open until five p.m. on the day before the election.
2. A petition requesting a satellite absentee voting station must be filed by the following deadlines:
a. For a primary or general election, no later than five p.m. on the forty-seventh day before the election.
b. For the regular city election, no later than five p.m. on the thirtieth day before the election.
c. For the regular school election, no later than five p.m. on the thirtieth day before the election.
d. For a special election, no later than thirty-two days before the special election.
3. Procedures for absentee voting at satellite absentee voting stations shall be the same as specified in section 53.10 for voting at the commissioner's office. Additional procedures shall be prescribed by rule by the state commissioner.
4. During the hours when absentee ballots are available at a satellite absentee voting station, the posting of political signs is prohibited within thirty feet of the satellite absentee voting station. Electioneering shall not be allowed within the sight or hearing of voters at the satellite absentee voting station.
[SS15, § 1137-e; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 937; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 53.11]
84 Acts, ch 1291, § 13; 91 Acts, ch 129, §19; 93 Acts, ch 143, § 32; 94 Acts, ch 1169, §65; 97 Acts, ch 170, § 70, 71; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §64--66, 115
2002 amendments striking unnumbered paragraph 1, amending subsection 1, and adding subsections 3 and 4 take effect January 1, 2003, and apply to elections held on or after that date; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §115
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