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Legislative Session number- 85

Bill Name: SF1218

3E Relating to elections; modifying certain voting procedures and requirements
for absentee voters; adding military identification card numbers and passport
numbers to restricted data provisions; modifying required information for ballot
application; expanding the identification numbers accepted for recording ballot
applications; modifying certain voter application challenging procedure;
allowing county auditor replacement ballot mailing under certain conditions;
modifying identification information request on the back of the ballot return
envelope; authorizing county auditors to mail replacement ballots under certain
conditions; providing for the transmission of ballots electronically, specifying
ballot return procedures; authorizing the use of the state write in absentee
ballot; authorizing county auditors to establish absentee ballot boards for
absentee ballots, specifying duties of board; modifying certain duties of
election judges relating to checking voter eligibility and recording ballots;
modifying provisions for the recording of accepted and rejected ballots;
providing for ballot counting in the case of a voter voting more than once;
providing for a separate record of absent voters to be generated by the
statewide registration system; repealing provision allowing a municipal clerk to
administer the duties of the county auditor in carrying out absentee voting
procedures
(Ch. 190, 2008)