Bill Text: IA HF63 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to delivery of absentee ballots to certain health care facilities and hospitals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-31 - END OF 2013 ACTIONS [HF63 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF63-Introduced.html
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Introduced
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FILE
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BY
M.
SMITH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
delivery
of
absentee
ballots
to
certain
1
health
care
facilities
and
hospitals.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
53.2,
subsection
2,
Code
2013,
is
amended
1
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
Absentee
ballot
applications
shall
3
include
the
following
questions
in
substantially
the
following
4
form:
5
RESIDENT
OR
PATIENT
IN
A
HEALTH
CARE
FACILITY
OR
HOSPITAL
6
1.
Are
you
a
resident
or
patient
in
a
health
care
facility
7
or
hospital?
8
☐
Yes
9
☐
No
10
2.
If
yes,
how
would
you
like
your
absentee
ballot
11
delivered?
12
☐
I
request
delivery
and
assistance
from
two
special
precinct
13
election
officers.
14
☐
I
request
delivery
by
mail.
15
Sec.
2.
Section
53.8,
subsection
3,
paragraph
b,
Code
2013,
16
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
17
b.
(1)
If
the
application
is
received
more
than
five
days
18
before
the
ballots
are
printed
and
the
commissioner
has
elected
19
to
have
the
ballots
personally
delivered
during
the
ten-day
20
period
after
the
ballots
are
printed,
the
commissioner
shall
21
mail
to
the
applicant
,
if
the
applicant
has
not
requested
that
22
the
absentee
ballot
be
delivered
by
mail
pursuant
to
section
23
53.22,
subsection
1,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(1A),
within
24
twenty-four
hours
a
letter
in
substantially
the
following
form:
25
Your
application
for
an
absentee
ballot
for
the
election
26
to
be
held
on
......
has
been
received.
This
ballot
will
27
be
personally
delivered
to
you
by
a
bipartisan
team
sometime
28
during
the
ten
days
after
the
ballots
are
printed.
If
you
will
29
not
be
at
the
address
from
which
your
application
was
sent
30
during
any
or
all
of
the
ten-day
period
immediately
following
31
the
printing
of
the
ballots,
the
ballot
will
be
personally
32
delivered
to
you
sometime
during
the
fourteen
days
preceding
33
the
election.
If
you
will
not
be
at
the
address
from
which
34
your
application
was
sent
during
either
of
these
time
periods,
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contact
this
office
and
arrangements
will
be
made
to
have
your
1
absentee
ballot
delivered
at
a
time
when
you
will
be
present
at
2
that
address.
3
(2)
If
the
application
is
received
more
than
fourteen
4
calendar
days
before
the
election
and
the
commissioner
has
not
5
elected
to
mail
absentee
ballots
to
applicants
as
provided
6
under
section
53.22,
subsection
3
,
and
has
not
elected
to
have
7
the
absentee
ballots
personally
delivered
during
the
ten-day
8
period
after
the
ballots
are
printed,
the
commissioner
shall
9
mail
to
the
applicant
,
if
the
applicant
has
not
requested
that
10
the
absentee
ballot
be
delivered
by
mail
pursuant
to
section
11
53.22,
subsection
1,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(1A),
within
12
twenty-four
hours
a
letter
in
substantially
the
following
form:
13
Your
application
for
an
absentee
ballot
for
the
election
14
to
be
held
on
......
has
been
received.
This
ballot
will
15
be
personally
delivered
to
you
by
a
bipartisan
team
sometime
16
during
the
fourteen
days
preceding
the
election.
If
you
will
17
not
be
at
the
address
from
which
your
application
was
sent
18
during
any
or
all
of
the
fourteen-day
period
immediately
19
preceding
the
election,
contact
this
office
and
arrangements
20
will
be
made
to
have
your
absentee
ballot
delivered
at
a
time
21
when
you
will
be
present
at
that
address.
22
Sec.
3.
Section
53.22,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
2013,
23
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
24
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(1A)
Notwithstanding
subparagraph
(1)
25
and
subsection
3,
the
commissioner
shall,
if
the
applicant
so
26
requests,
have
the
absentee
ballot
delivered
by
mail
and
the
27
commissioner
shall
proceed
under
section
53.8,
subsections
1
28
and
2.
29
EXPLANATION
30
Under
current
law,
a
resident
or
patient
of
a
health
care
31
facility
or
hospital
who
makes
application
for
an
absentee
32
ballot
is,
in
most
circumstances,
delivered
the
ballot
by
two
33
special
precinct
election
officials
appointed
by
the
county
34
commissioner
of
elections.
This
bill
requires
that
form
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applications
for
an
absentee
ballot
include
certain
questions
1
related
to
whether
the
applicant
is
a
resident
or
patient
2
in
a
health
care
facility
or
hospital
and
the
applicant’s
3
preferred
method
of
ballot
delivery
if
the
applicant
is
such
a
4
resident
or
patient.
The
bill
provides
that,
upon
receipt
of
5
an
application
for
an
absentee
ballot
by
a
resident
of
a
health
6
care
facility
or
hospital,
the
commissioner
shall
have
the
7
absentee
ballot
delivered
by
mail
if
the
applicant
so
requests.
8
The
bill
makes
corresponding
changes
related
to
certain
letter
9
notifications
sent
by
the
commissioner
to
an
applicant
who
is
a
10
resident
of
a
hospital
or
health
care
facility.
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