6. Clerk to list. The clerk shall keep an alphabetical list, by district, of the persons who requested or were furnished absentee ballots, including the persons who voted in the presence of the clerk under subsection 8 and the persons whose ballots were issued to a 3rd person under subsection 1. The clerk shall maintain a copy of the lists required under this subsection for a period of 2 years as a public record.

A. The list of absentee voters must include each voter's name, residence address, voting district and party affiliation; the date and manner by which the ballot was requested, issued and received; a notation of whether the application and the ballot were was accepted or rejected; and a place for the registrar to certify the voter registration status of the absentee voters. The clerk must also indicate on the list when the absentee voter is a uniformed service voter or overseas voter.

B. The clerk shall submit this list of absentee voters to the registrar for certification of the registration status and, when applicable, the enrollment status of the voters. The registrar shall certify the list either before or as soon as possible after the ballot is issued to the voter. The certifications must be completed before the absentee ballots may be processed and cast on election day.

C. The clerk shall also keep a list of the 3rd persons designated in applications or written requests to whom absentee ballots are sent or delivered under subsection 1 and of the number of absentee ballots sent or delivered to them. This list of 3rd person ballot carriers must include telephone numbers for contacting the 3rd persons.