1-6-4.3. Third party agents collecting applications for mailed ballots.
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A. A person or organization that is not part of a government agency and that collects applications for mailed ballots shall submit the applications to the appropriate office for filing within forty-eight hours of their completion or the next business day if the appropriate office is closed for that forty-eight-hour period.
B. A person who collects applications for mailed ballots and fails to submit a voter's completed application is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
C. A person who intentionally alters another voter's completed application for a mailed ballot is guilty of a fourth degree felony. History: Laws 2005, ch. 270, § 41; 2007, ch. 337, § 9; 2019, ch. 212, § 63.