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Amend the bill in section 4 in §441 by striking out all of subsection 2 (page 1, lines 24 and 25 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
 
‘2.  Unenrolled voter participation.    Notwithstanding section 340, subsection 1, a registered voter not enrolled in a party may participate in a party's presidential primary election without enrolling in that party. An unenrolled voter may vote in only one party's presidential primary election.’
Amend the bill in section 4 in §443 in the first paragraph in the 3rd line (page 2, line 4 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "432" and inserting the following: '442'
Amend the bill in section 4 in §443 in the first paragraph in the 4th line (page 2, line 5 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "432" and inserting the following: '442'
Amend the bill by adding after section 4 the following:
‘Sec. 5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
SECRETARY OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Bureau of Administrative Services and Corporations 0692
 
Initiative: Provides funding for printing and delivering presidential primary ballots to municipalities.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$161,250	$0	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$161,250	$0	
 
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Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is a minority report of the committee, strikes the provision of the bill mandating that each party’s presidential primary elections are closed to any voter not enrolled in that party. Under the amendment, an unenrolled voter may choose to vote in one party’s presidential primary election. The amendment also corrects cross-references in the bill.
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