53.19 - LISTING ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
53.19 LISTING ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
The commissioner shall maintain a list of the absentee ballots
provided to registered voters, the serial number appearing on the
unsealed envelope, the date the application for the absentee ballot
was received, and the date the absentee ballot was sent to the
registered voter requesting the absentee ballot.
The commissioner shall provide each precinct election board with a
list of all registered voters from that precinct who have received an
absentee ballot. The precinct officials shall immediately designate
on the election register those registered voters who have received an
absentee ballot and are not entitled to vote in person at the polls.
However, any registered voter who has received an absentee ballot
and not returned it may surrender the absentee ballot to the precinct
officials and vote in person at the polls. The precinct officials
shall mark the uncast absentee ballot "void" and return it to the
commissioner. Any registered voter who has been sent an absentee
ballot by mail but for any reason has not received it or who has not
brought the ballot to the polls may appear at the voter's precinct
polling place on election day and shall cast a ballot in accordance
with section 49.81. Any registered voter who has been notified by
the commissioner pursuant to section 53.18 of the need to correct a
deficiency on the affidavit or to apply for and vote a replacement
absentee ballot and who has not corrected the deficiency or voted a
replacement absentee ballot may appear at the voter's precinct
polling place on election day and shall cast a ballot in accordance
with section 49.81. Section History: Early Form
[C71, § 53.4; C73, § 53.2; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 53.19] Section History: Recent Form
94 Acts, ch 1169, §64; 97 Acts, ch 170, §72; 98 Acts, ch 1123, §
11; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §68, 115; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §230
Referred to in § 49.72, 49.77, 53.49