HOUSE FILE 499

BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 316)

(As Amended and Passed by the House 2011-03-14)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to a voter’s designee for purposes of returning absentee ballots.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 53.17, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  The person designated by a voter to return a completed absentee ballot may be any person the voter chooses, except that a candidate whose name is on the ballot shall not serve as a voter’s designee or otherwise return a ballot under this section.