Senate Amendment 3328


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     1  1    Amend the amendment, S=3323, to House File 844, as
     1  2 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.  Upon receipt of an application for an absentee
     1  8 ballot and immediately after the absentee ballots are
     1  9 printed, the commissioner shall mail an absentee
     1 10 ballot to the applicant within twenty=four hours,
     1 11 except as otherwise provided in subsection 3.  The
     1 12 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.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 31 MARK ZIEMAN
     1 32 HF 844.201 82
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