House Amendment 2113 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 inserting before line 27 the 1 4 following: 1 5 <Sec. . Section 53.8, subsection 1, Code 2007, 1 6 is amended to read as follows: 1 7 1. a. Upon receipt of an application for an 1 8 absentee ballot and immediately after the absentee 1 9 ballots are printed, the commissioner shall mail an 1 10 absentee ballot to the applicant within twenty=four 1 11 hours, except as otherwise provided in subsection 3. 1 12 The absentee ballot shall be enclosed in an unsealed 1 13 envelope bearing a serial number and affidavit. The 1 14 absentee ballot and unsealed envelope shall be 1 15 enclosed in or with a return carrier envelope marked 1 16 postage paid which bears the same serial number as the 1 17 unsealed envelope. The return carrier envelope shall 1 18 also contain spaces for the printed name and signature 1 19 of the voter's designee should the voter designate a 1 20 person to return the completed absentee ballot. The 1 21 absentee ballot, unsealed envelope, and carrier 1 22 envelope shall be enclosed in a third envelope to be 1 23 sent to the registered voter. If the ballot cannot be 1 24 folded so that all of the votes cast on the ballot 1 25 will be hidden, the commissioner shall also enclose a 1 26 secrecy envelope with the absentee ballot.> 1 27 #2. Page 3, by inserting before line 20 the 1 28 following: 1 29 <# . Page 6, by inserting before line 26 the 1 30 following: 1 31 <Sec. . APPLICABILITY. The section of this Act 1 32 amending section 53.8, subsection 1, applies to return 1 33 carrier envelopes purchased on or after July 1, 1 34 2007.>> 1 35 #3. Page 3, line 26, by inserting after the word 1 36 <ballots> the following: <and for the Act's 1 37 applicability>. 1 38 #4. By renumbering as necessary. 1 39 1 40 1 41 1 42 JACOBS of Polk 1 43 HF 844.506 82 1 44 sc/je/10333 1 45 1 46 1 47 1 48 1 49 1 50 -1-