Bill Text: IA SF2246 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring that absentee ballot return envelopes be marked with county commissioner of elections receipt and postmark requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-23 - Subcommittee, Danielson, Chelgren, and Jochum. S.J. 332. [SF2246 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-SF2246-Introduced.html
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BY
SENG
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
that
absentee
ballot
return
envelopes
be
1
marked
with
county
commissioner
of
elections
receipt
and
2
postmark
requirements.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
53.17,
subsection
2,
Code
2011,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
a.
In
order
for
the
ballot
to
be
counted,
the
return
3
envelope
must
be
received
in
the
commissioner’s
office
before
4
the
polls
close
on
election
day
or
be
clearly
postmarked
by
an
5
officially
authorized
postal
service
not
later
than
the
day
6
before
the
election
and
received
by
the
commissioner
not
later
7
than
noon
on
the
Monday
following
the
election.
8
b.
Return
envelopes
shall
be
conspicuously
marked
to
provide
9
voters
with
notice
of
the
requirements
of
this
subsection.
10
This
notice
shall
include
information
related
to
mailing
and
11
postmark
requirements
to
provide
voters
with
notice
of
federal
12
requirements
regarding
the
proper
postmarking
of
such
return
13
envelopes.
The
state
commissioner
of
elections
shall
adopt
14
rules
to
implement
this
paragraph.
15
EXPLANATION
16
This
bill
requires
that
all
absentee
ballot
return
envelopes
17
be
marked
conspicuously
to
give
notice
to
voters
that
in
18
order
for
the
absentee
ballot
to
be
counted
the
ballot
must
19
be
received
before
the
polls
close
on
election
day
or
be
20
postmarked
by
the
day
before
the
election
and
received
by
the
21
county
commissioner
of
elections
not
later
than
noon
on
the
22
Monday
following
the
election.
The
bill
requires
that
such
23
notice
include
information
to
provide
voters
with
notice
of
24
federal
requirements
regarding
the
proper
postmarking
of
such
25
return
envelopes.
The
state
commissioner
of
elections
shall
26
adopt
rules
to
implement
this
requirement.
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