HB 1156-S - DIGEST

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/14/03)

Requires the county auditor to mail absentee ballots to each voter who has submitted a request nineteen days before the primary or election at least eighteen days before the primary or election. For a request for an absentee ballot received after the nineteenth day before the primary or election, the county auditor shall make every effort to mail ballots within one business day, and shall mail the ballots within two business days.

Provides that the county auditor shall make every effort to mail ballots to overseas and service voters earlier than eighteen days before a primary or election.