House Amendment 1781


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     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 inserting before line 5 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <<Sec.    .  Section 39A.2, subsection 1, paragraph
     1  6 b, Code 2007, is amended by adding the following new
     1  7 subparagraph:
     1  8    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (4A)  As a person designated by
     1  9 the voter to return an application for a ballot or an
     1 10 absentee ballot, fails to return the application or
     1 11 ballot to the commissioner with the intent of
     1 12 interfering with the voter's right to vote.>
     1 13 #2.  Page 1, by striking lines 37 and 38 and
     1 14 inserting the following:  <voter that the voter's
     1 15 designee shall complete a receipt when retrieving the
     1 16 ballot>.
     1 17 #3.  Page 2, line 44, by striking the words <, upon
     1 18 request of the voter,>.
     1 19 #4.  Page 3, line 19, by striking the word
     1 20 <subsection.> and inserting the following:
     1 21 <subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the
     1 22 following:
     1 23    5.  Within fourteen days after the date of the
     1 24 election, the commissioner shall notify each person
     1 25 who requested an absentee ballot if the person failed
     1 26 to return a completed ballot and if the person did not
     1 27 vote at the polling place on election day.>>
     1 28 #5.  Page 3, line 26, by inserting after the word
     1 29 <ballots> the following:  <and making penalties
     1 30 applicable>.
     1 31 #6.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 35 JACOBS of Polk
     1 36 HF 844.703 82
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