721—21.303 (53) Mailing absentee ballots. The commissioner shall mail the following materials to each person who has requested an absentee ballot:
	  1. 	 Ballot. The ballot that corresponds to the voter’s residence, as indicated by the address on the absentee ballot application.
	  2. 	 Public measure text. The full text of any public measures that are summarized on the ballot, but not printed in full.
	  3. 	 Secrecy envelope. Secrecy envelope, if the ballot cannot be folded to cover all of the voting ovals, as required by Iowa Code section 53.8(1).
	  4. 	 Affidavit envelope. The affidavit envelope, which shall be marked with the serial number used to identify the absentee request in the commissioner’s records.
	  5. 	 Return carrier envelope. The return carrier envelope, which shall be addressed to the commissioner’s office and bear appropriate return postage or a postal permit guaranteeing that the commissioner will pay the return postage and which shall be marked with the I-Voters-assigned sequence number used to identify the absentee request in the commissioner’s records.
	  6. 	 Delivery envelope. The delivery envelope, which shall be addressed to the voter and bear the serial number used to identify the absentee request in the commissioner’s records. All other materials shall be enclosed in the delivery envelope.
	  7. 	 Instructions. Absentee voting instructions, which shall be in substantially the form prescribed by the state commissioner of elections.
	  8. 	 Receipt. The receipt form required by 2007 Iowa Acts, Senate File 601, section 227, which may be printed on the instructions required by numbered paragraph “7” above.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 53.8 as amended by 2007 Iowa Acts, Senate File 601, section 223, and Iowa Code section 53.17 as amended by 2007 Iowa Acts, Senate File 601, section 227.