721—22.342 (52) Tally list for absentee and special voters precinct.
	 22.342(1) Write-in votes shall be reported on a separate tally sheet which provides a column for the names of offices, a column for the names of persons receiving votes, space to tally the votes received, and a column in which to report the total number of votes cast for each person. In tally lists provided for primary elections, separate pages shall be provided to tally the write-in votes for each political party. Each member of the board who participated in the count shall attest to each tally sheet for write-in votes.
	 22.342(2) The officials shall certify the procedures followed. The certification shall be in substantially the following form:
Absentee and Special Voters Tally Certificate
______________County
We, the undersigned officials of the Absentee and Special Voters Precinct for this county, do hereby certify that all ballots delivered to the Board for this election were tabulated as shown in the attached report.
We further certify that a record of any write-in votes or other votes manually counted pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 52 is included in this Tally List, and that the numbers entered in the column headed “Total Votes” are the correct totals of all votes manually counted by us.
Signed at ____________________________________ on ____/____/____, ___:___ a.m./p.m.
[signatures of officials] 1. ____________________________
2. ____________________________ (etc.)
	 22.342(3) The record generated by the tabulating equipment shall be attached to or enclosed with the tally list and shall constitute the official return of the precinct.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 52.33 as amended by 2007 Iowa Acts, Senate File 369, section 9.