Senate
File
2074
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2074
BY
SALMON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
labelling
of
ballots
by
county
1
commissioners
of
elections.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
52.39
Ballot
labels.
1
1.
Each
commissioner
shall
label
each
ballot
cast
in
the
2
county
for
each
primary
and
general
election.
The
label
must
3
indicate
whether
each
ballot
was
cast
in
person
on
election
4
day,
in
person
prior
to
election
day,
by
mail
other
than
under
5
the
provisions
of
the
federal
Uniformed
and
Overseas
Citizens
6
Absentee
Voting
Act,
by
mail
by
a
member
of
the
military
under
7
the
provisions
of
the
federal
Uniformed
and
Overseas
Citizens
8
Absentee
Voting
Act,
or
by
mail
by
an
overseas
citizen
under
9
the
provisions
of
the
federal
Uniformed
and
Overseas
Citizens
10
Absentee
Voting
Act.
11
2.
The
state
commissioner
of
elections
shall
adopt
rules
12
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
implement
this
section.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
requires
each
county
commissioner
of
elections
to
17
label
each
ballot
cast
at
each
primary
and
general
election.
18
The
label
must
indicate
the
method
by
which
the
ballot
was
19
cast,
including
by
differentiating
among
the
available
methods
20
of
casting
an
absentee
ballot.
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