7. Registration verified. If the applicant voter is registered and enrolled when necessary, the ballot must be sent to the applicant voter. If the applicant voter has registered and enrolled when necessary under section 155 and will attain 18 years of age on or before the date of the election, the registrar or clerk shall so certify on the application send that person a ballot and return envelope in accordance with subsection 1. If not, the registrar or clerk shall write "not registered" or "not enrolled" on the face of the application and sign the registrar's or clerk's name. Whenever an application for an absentee ballot is denied, the municipal clerk shall immediately notify the applicant in writing of the reason for the denial.

8. Absentee voting in presence of clerk. A person who wishes to vote by absentee ballot may, without completing an application, vote by absentee ballot in the presence of the clerk. The method of voting is otherwise as prescribed in this article. After the person has voted, the clerk shall sign the affidavit on the return envelope as a witness, indicate on the envelope that the voter voted in the presence of a clerk and ensure that the affidavit on the return envelope is properly completed by the voter. For the 45 30 days preceding an election, during the hours when the clerk's office is open and may be conducting absentee voting, the display or distribution of any advertising material intended to influence a voter's decision regarding a candidate or ballot issue is prohibited within the clerk's office and on public property within 250 feet of the entrance to the clerk's office.

This subsection does not apply to the display or distribution of any campaign advertising material on private property that is within 250 feet of the entrance to the clerk's office.

This subsection does not apply to campaign advertising material on automobiles traveling to and from the municipal office or parked on municipal property while the occupants are visiting the municipal office to conduct municipal business. It does not prohibit a person who is at the municipal office for the purpose of conducting municipal business or for absentee voting from