House Amendment 1779
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend the Senate amendment, H=1701, to House File
1 2 844, as passed by the House, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 1, by striking lines 37 and 38 and
1 4 inserting the following: <voter that the voter's
1 5 designee shall complete a receipt when retrieving the
1 6 ballot>.
1 7 #2. Page 2, line 44, by striking the words <, upon
1 8 request of the voter,>.
1 9 #3. Page 3, line 19, by striking the word
1 10 <subsection.> and inserting the following:
1 11 <subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the
1 12 following:
1 13 5. a. A person who acts as an actual or implied
1 14 agent of a political party, candidate, or committee,
1 15 as defined by chapter 68A, shall be registered with
1 16 the commissioner as a voter's designee in order to
1 17 deliver completed absentee ballots to the
1 18 commissioner. A candidate whose name is on the ballot
1 19 or an elected official shall not be registered as a
1 20 voter's designee.
1 21 b. A voter's designee described in paragraph "a"
1 22 shall be registered with the commissioner by the
1 23 person providing the training required in paragraph
1 24 "c". The registration shall include the designee's
1 25 name and address and the best means for contacting the
1 26 person or the political party, candidate, or committee
1 27 for which the person is acting as an actual or implied
1 28 agent. A voter's designee described in paragraph "a"
1 29 must be registered with the commissioner prior to each
1 30 election for which the person will be delivering
1 31 completed absentee ballots to the commissioner.
1 32 However, if a person has completed training as a
1 33 voter's designee described in paragraph "a" and the
1 34 trainer is unable to register the person because the
1 35 commissioner's office is closed, the person may
1 36 retrieve completed absentee ballots if the trainer
1 37 registers such voter's designee with the commissioner
1 38 by facsimile transmission within twenty=four hours of
1 39 completion of training or by personally delivering the
1 40 registration information to the commissioner's office
1 41 by the close of the next business day following
1 42 completion of training or by mailing the registration
1 43 information to the commissioner, in which case the
1 44 mailing must be postmarked no later than the next
1 45 business day following completion of training. For
1 46 each election, the commissioner shall maintain a list
1 47 of all persons who have been registered as a voter's
1 48 designee described in paragraph "a".
1 49 c. A person wishing to be registered as a voter's
1 50 designee described in paragraph "a" must complete a
2 1 training course in the laws, procedures, and penalties
2 2 related to handling completed absentee ballots. The
2 3 training course shall be conducted by the
2 4 commissioner; the commissioner's designee; or, in the
2 5 case of partisan elections, by the respective state or
2 6 county central committees, or a member of the paid
2 7 staff of such committees, or by the county party or
2 8 the state party, or a member of the paid staff of such
2 9 parties. The curriculum for the training course shall
2 10 be established by the state commissioner by rule
2 11 adopted pursuant to chapter 17A.
2 12 d. A voter's designee described in paragraph "a"
2 13 shall submit a cover sheet listing the names of
2 14 persons whose ballots are being delivered each time
2 15 the designee delivers ballots to the commissioner's
2 16 office. A completed ballot and cover sheet shall only
2 17 be delivered to the commissioner's office by the
2 18 voter's designee who retrieved the ballot or by one
2 19 other voter's designee designated by the political
2 20 party, candidate, or committee for which the voter's
2 21 designees are acting as actual or implied agents. The
2 22 cover sheet shall include space for the name and
2 23 signature of the voter's designee who retrieved the
2 24 ballot and the name and signature of any second
2 25 voter's designee designated to deliver the ballot and
2 26 cover sheet to the commissioner's office.>
2 27 #4. By renumbering as necessary.
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2 31 JACOBS of Polk
2 32 HF 844.202 82
2 33 sc/es/9389
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