House Amendment 2113


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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 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.
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     1 42 JACOBS of Polk
     1 43 HF 844.506 82
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