Senate File 316 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  FEENSTRA


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to observers at satellite absentee voting
  2    stations.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2439XS 83
  5 sc/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 53.11, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  The commissioner shall notify the
  1  4 county chairperson of each political party of the date, time,
  1  5 and place that each satellite absentee voting station will be
  1  6 in operation in the county, so that the chairpersons may
  1  7 appoint observers to be present at the stations during the
  1  8 hours absentee ballots are available.  No more than two
  1  9 observers from each political party shall be present at any
  1 10 one satellite absentee voting station.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    This bill requires the county commissioner of elections to
  1 13 notify the political parties of the time and place of
  1 14 operation of satellite absentee voting stations in order to
  1 15 allow the parties to appoint observers to be present at the
  1 16 stations.
  1 17 LSB 2439XS 83
  1 18 sc/nh/5