House File 516 H-1278 Amend the Senate amendment, H-1238, to House File 516, as 1 amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as follows: 2 1. Page 7, line 15, by striking < PERIOD > 3 2. Page 7, after line 15 by inserting: 4 < Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 53.4 Ongoing absentee voter. 5 A registered voter applying for an absentee ballot under 6 section 53.2 may request to receive an absentee ballot for all 7 subsequent elections or for each subsequent general election 8 in which that person is eligible to vote and qualifies under 9 section 53.1. The state commissioner shall provide check boxes 10 on the prescribed form for this purpose. For all subsequent 11 elections or for each subsequent general election, the county 12 commissioner of elections shall automatically mail an absentee 13 ballot to the requesting voter, or automatically deliver an 14 absentee ballot if the requester is a person voting pursuant 15 to section 53.22. A voter’s status as an ongoing absentee 16 voter shall be terminated upon the request of the voter or by 17 the county commissioner if the voter fails to qualify under 18 section 53.1 or if the voter subsequently fails to vote in two 19 consecutive general elections. > 20 ______________________________ HUNTER of Polk -1- H1238.1799 (1) 87 aw/jh 1/ 1 #1. #2.