House Amendment 8169


PAG LIN

     1  1    Amend House File 2470 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 1, line 32, after <identification> by
     1  3 inserting <unless the precinct election official has
     1  4 reasonable doubt as to the prospective voter's claim
     1  5 of identity>
     1  6 #2.  Page 2, before line 3 by inserting:
     1  7    <Sec. ___.  Section 49.81, subsection 1, Code 2009,
     1  8 is amended to read as follows:
     1  9    1.  a.  A prospective voter who is prohibited under
     1 10 section 48A.8, subsection 4, section 49.77, subsection
     1 11 4, or section 49.80 from voting except under this
     1 12 section shall be notified by the appropriate precinct
     1 13 election official that the voter may cast a provisional
     1 14 ballot.
     1 15    b.  If a booth meeting the requirement of section
     1 16 49.25 is not available at that polling place, the
     1 17 precinct election officials shall make alternative
     1 18 arrangements to insure the voter the opportunity to
     1 19 vote in secret. The voter shall mark the ballot, fold
     1 20 it or insert it in a secrecy envelope as required by
     1 21 section 49.84, and immediately seal it in an envelope
     1 22 of the type prescribed by subsection 4. The voter
     1 23 shall deliver the sealed envelope to a precinct
     1 24 election official who shall deposit it in an envelope
     1 25 marked "provisional ballots". The ballot shall be
     1 26 considered as having been cast in the special precinct
     1 27 established by section 53.20 for purposes of the
     1 28 postelection canvass.>
     1 29 #3.  Page 2, by striking lines 5 through 7 and
     1 30 inserting:
     1 31 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH  An election official
     1 32 shall not prevent persons appointed under subsections 2
     1 33 and 5 from advocating that a prospective voter receive
     1 34 a provisional ballot if the election official has
     1 35 determined that the prospective voter is prohibited
     1 36 from casting a ballot in the usual manner for the
     1 37 reasons specified in section 49.79 or section 49.81,
     1 38 subsection 1, paragraph "a".>
     1 39 #4.  Page 5, by striking lines 5 through 10.
     1 40 #5.  By renumbering as necessary.


                                        
          GASKILL of Wapello
          HF2470.1233 (2) 83
          sc/nh

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