721—21.361 (53) Rejection of absentee ballot. The special precinct election board shall reject absentee ballots without opening the affidavit envelope if any of the conditions cited below exist.
	 21.361(1) An absentee ballot shall be rejected if the absentee voter’s affidavit is insufficient. An insufficient affidavit lacks one or more of the following:
	  a.   	 The signature of the voter,
	  b.   	 The voter’s address,
	  c.   	 In primary elections only, the political party affiliation of the voter.
	 21.361(2) An absentee ballot shall be rejected if the applicant is not a duly registered voter in the precinct in which the ballot is cast. “Precinct” means a precinct established pursuant to Iowa Code sections 49.3 through 49.5.
	 21.361(3) An absentee ballot shall be rejected if the affidavit envelope is open.
	 21.361(4) An absentee ballot shall be rejected if the affidavit envelope has been opened and resealed.
	 21.361(5) An absentee ballot shall be rejected if the affidavit envelope contains more than one ballot of any kind. This includes all ballots contained in the affidavit envelope, whether or not they are enclosed in secrecy envelopes.
	 21.361(6) An absentee ballot shall be rejected if the voter has voted in person.
	 21.361(7) An absentee ballot shall be rejected if in primary elections the political party declared on the affidavit envelope is different from the political party whose ballot was requested on the application for the ballot.
	 21.361(8) Rescinded IAB 9/26/07, effective 9/7/07.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 43.38, 49.9 and 53.25.