S-3144

   Amend Senate File 399 as follows:
   1.  Page 3, after line 6 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  53.4  Ongoing absentee voter.
   A registered voter applying for an absentee ballot under section 53.2 shall receive an absentee ballot for all subsequent elections in which that person is eligible to vote and qualifies under section 53.1, unless the registered voter requests not to receive an absentee ballot for subsequent elections. The state commissioner shall provide a check box on the prescribed form for this purpose. For all subsequent elections, the county commissioner of elections shall automatically mail an absentee ballot to the requesting voter, or automatically mail or deliver an absentee ballot if the requester is a person voting pursuant to section 53.22. A voter’s status as an ongoing absentee voter shall be terminated upon the request of the voter or by the county commissioner if the voter fails to qualify under section 53.1 or if the voter subsequently fails to vote in two consecutive general elections.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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PAM JOCHUM