52.33 - ABSENTEE VOTING BY OPTICAL SCAN VOTING SYSTEM.
52.33 ABSENTEE VOTING BY OPTICAL SCAN VOTING
SYSTEM.
1. In any county in which the board of supervisors has adopted
voting by means of an optical scan voting system, the commissioner
shall also conduct absentee voting by use of such a system. In any
other county, the commissioner may with approval of the board of
supervisors conduct absentee voting by use of an optical scan voting
system. All provisions of chapter 53 shall apply to such absentee
voting, so far as applicable. In counties where absentee voting is
conducted by use of an optical scan voting system, the special
precinct counting board shall, at the time required by chapter 53,
prepare absentee ballots for tabulation in the manner prescribed by
this chapter.
2. The absentee and special precinct board shall follow the
process prescribed in section 52.37, subsection 1, in handling
damaged or defective ballots and in counting write-in votes on
optical scan ballots. Section History: Early Form
[C77, 79, 81, § 52.33] Section History: Recent Form
97 Acts, ch 170, §62; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §58, 115; 2007 Acts, ch
190, §9