Nominations in certain cities.

1. This chapter shall, so far as applicable, govern the nominations of candidates by political parties for all offices to be filled by a direct vote of the people in cities acting under a special charter in 1973 and having a population of over fifty thousand, except all such cities as choose by special election to conduct nonpartisan city elections under the provisions of chapter 44 , 45 , or 376 . An election on the question of conducting city elections in such a special charter city on a nonpartisan basis may be called by the city council on its own initiative, and shall be called by the council upon receipt of a petition of the voters which so requests and is presented in conformity with section 362.4 , but a special election on that question shall be held concurrently with any election being held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of any odd-numbered year. 2. Sections 43.114 through 43.118 shall apply only to cities to which this chapter is made applicable by this section . [S13, §1087-a34; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 639; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.112 ; 82 Acts, ch 1097, §1 ] 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §24 Referred to in §43.114 , 43.115 , 43.116 , 43.117 , 45.1 , 376.3