House File 95 H-1036 Amend House File 95 as follows: 1 1. Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: 2 < Section 1. Section 43.49, subsection 1, unnumbered 3 paragraph 1, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows: 4 On the Monday or Tuesday following the primary 5 election, the board of supervisors shall meet, open, 6 and canvass the returns from each voting precinct in 7 the county, and make abstracts thereof, stating the 8 following: > 9 2. Page 6, by striking lines 3 through 5 and 10 inserting: 11 < (3) The document includes an expiration date, and 12 the document is not expired at the time it is presented 13 or expired after the date of the last preceding general 14 election. > 15 3. Page 6, by striking lines 6 through 8 and 16 inserting: 17 < (4) The document was issued by the United States 18 or the state of Iowa. > 19 4. Page 8, after line 32 by inserting: 20 < Sec. ___. Section 50.24, subsection 1, Code 2011, 21 is amended to read as follows: 22 1. The county board of supervisors shall meet to 23 canvass the vote on the first Monday or Tuesday after 24 the day of each election to which this chapter is 25 applicable, unless the law authorizing the election 26 specifies another date for the canvass. If that Monday 27 or Tuesday is a public holiday, section 4.1, subsection 28 34 , controls. 29 Sec. ___. Section 50.46, Code 2011, is amended to 30 read as follows: 31 50.46 Special elections —— canvass and certificate. 32 When a special election has been held to fill a 33 vacancy, pursuant to section 69.14 , the board of 34 county canvassers shall meet no earlier than 1:00 p.m. 35 on the second day after the election, on the first 36 Tuesday following the election and canvass the votes 37 cast at the election. If the second day first Tuesday 38 after the election is a public holiday, section 4.1, 39 subsection 34 , controls. The commissioner, as soon as 40 the canvass is completed, shall transmit to the state 41 commissioner an abstract of the votes so canvassed, 42 and the state board, within five days after receiving 43 such abstracts, shall canvass the tally lists. A 44 certificate of election shall be issued by the county 45 or state board of canvassers, as in other cases. All 46 the provisions regulating elections, obtaining tally 47 lists, and canvass of votes at general elections, 48 except as to time, shall apply to special elections. 49 Sec. ___. Section 50.48, subsection 7, Code 2011, 50 -1- HF95.154 (3) 84 sc/nh 1/ 3 #1. #2. #3. #4.

is amended to read as follows: 1 7. If the election is an election held by a city 2 which is not the final election for the office in 3 question, the recount shall progress according to the 4 times provided by this subsection . If this subsection 5 applies the canvass shall be held by the second day 6 on the Tuesday after the election, the request for a 7 recount must be made by the third eighth day after 8 the election, the board shall convene to conduct the 9 recount by the sixth ninth day after the election, and 10 the report shall be filed by the eleventh thirteenth 11 day after the election. > 12 5. Page 10, after line 3 by inserting: 13 < Sec. ___. Section 277.20, unnumbered paragraph 1, 14 Code 2011, is amended to read as follows: 15 On the next Friday Tuesday after the regular school 16 election, the county board of supervisors shall 17 canvass the returns made to the county commissioner 18 of elections from the several precinct polling places 19 and the absentee ballot counting board, ascertain 20 the result of the voting with regard to every matter 21 voted upon and cause a record to be made thereof as 22 required by section 50.24 . Special elections held in 23 school districts shall be canvassed at the time and 24 in the manner required by that section. The board 25 shall declare the results of the voting for members of 26 boards of directors of school corporations nominated 27 pursuant to section 277.4 , and the commissioner shall 28 at once issue a certificate of election to each person 29 declared elected. The board shall also declare the 30 results of the voting on any public question submitted 31 to the voters of a single school district, and the 32 commissioner shall certify the result as required by 33 section 50.27 . > 34 6. Page 10, before line 21 by inserting: 35 < Sec. ___. Section 331.605, subsection 1, paragraph 36 f, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows: 37 f. A county fee of four dollars for a certified 38 copy of a birth record, death record, or marriage 39 certificate. The fee prescribed by this paragraph 40 shall not be assessed to applicants requesting a 41 certified copy of a birth record if the applicant 42 executes an affidavit indicating the applicant is 43 requesting the certified copy of a birth record 44 for the purpose of obtaining an Iowa nonoperator’s 45 identification card to be used for voting. 46 Sec. ___. Section 376.7, subsection 1, Code 2011, 47 is amended to read as follows: 48 1. If a primary election is necessary, it shall be 49 held on the Tuesday four weeks before the date of the 50 -2- HF95.154 (3) 84 sc/nh 2/ 3 #5. #6.

regular city election. For each office on the ballot, 1 a voter shall only vote for the number of persons to be 2 elected to that office at the regular city election. 3 The county board of supervisors shall publicly canvass 4 the tally lists of the vote cast in the primary 5 election, following the procedures prescribed in 6 section 50.24 , at a meeting to be held on the second 7 day first Tuesday following the primary election , and 8 beginning no earlier than 1:00 p.m. on that day . 9 Sec. ___. Section 376.9, subsection 1, Code 2011, 10 is amended to read as follows: 11 1. A runoff election may be held only for positions 12 unfilled because of failure of a sufficient number of 13 candidates to receive a majority vote in the regular 14 city election. When a council has chosen a runoff 15 election in lieu of a primary, the county board of 16 supervisors shall publicly canvass the tally lists of 17 the vote cast in the regular city election, following 18 the procedures prescribed in section 50.24 , at a 19 meeting to be held on the second day first Tuesday 20 following the regular city election , and beginning no 21 earlier than 1:00 p.m. on that day . Candidates who 22 do not receive a majority of the votes cast for an 23 office, but who receive the highest number of votes 24 cast for that office in the regular city election, to 25 the extent of twice the number of unfilled positions, 26 are candidates in the runoff election. > 27 7. Title page, line 2, after < person > by inserting 28 < , providing for properly related matters, > 29 8. By renumbering as necessary. 30 ______________________________ SCHULTE of Linn -3- HF95.154 (3) 84 sc/nh 3/ 3 #7. #8.