House File 499 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 499 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HF 316) (As Amended and Passed by the House March 14, 2011 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to a voter’s designee for purposes of returning 1 absentee ballots. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 HF 499 (3) 84 sc/nh/mb

H.F. 499 Section 1. Section 53.17, Code 2011, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 5. The person designated by a voter to 3 return a completed absentee ballot may be any person the voter 4 chooses, except that a candidate whose name is on the ballot 5 shall not serve as a voter’s designee or otherwise return a 6 ballot under this section. 7 -1- HF 499 (3) 84 sc/nh/mb 1/ 1