Title II, ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES (Ch. 39 - 79)

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1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.11 50.11 Proclamation of result. 1. When the canvass is completed one of the precinct election officials shall publicly announce the total number of votes received by each of the persons voted for, the office for which the person is designated, as announce…

1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.12 50.12 Return and preservation of ballots. Immediately after making the proclamation, and before separating, the board members of each precinct in which votes have been received by paper ballot shall enclose in an envelope or other container all ballots …

1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.13 50.13 Destruction of ballots. 1. If, at the expiration of the length of time specified in section 50.12, a contest is not pending, the commissioner, without opening the package in which they have been enclosed, shall destroy the ballots. 2. If the ballo…

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1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.15 50.15 Destruction in abeyance pending contest. If a contest is pending, the ballots shall be kept until the contest is finally determined, and then so destroyed. [C97, §1143; S13, §1143; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §854; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77…

1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.15A 50.15A Unofficial results of voting. 1. In order to provide the public with an early source of election results before the official canvass of votes, the state commissioner of elections, in cooperation with the commissioners of elections, shall conduct…

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1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.17 50.17 Return of election register. The precinct election register prepared for each election, together with the ballots to be returned pursuant to section 50.12, if any, and the signed and attested tally list, shall be delivered to the commissioner by o…

1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.19 50.19 Preservation and destruction of books. 1. The commissioner may destroy precinct election registers, the declarations of eligibility signed by voters, and other material pertaining to any election in which federal offices are not on the ballot, exc…

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1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.20 50.20 Notice of number of provisional ballots. The commissioner shall compile a list of the number of provisional ballots cast under section 49.81 in each precinct. The list shall be made available to the public as soon as possible, but in no case later…

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1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.22 50.22 Special precinct board to determine challenges and canvass absentee ballots. 1. Upon being reconvened, the special precinct election board shall review the information upon the envelopes bearing the provisional ballots, and all evidence submitted …

1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.23 50.23 Messengers for missing tally lists. The commissioner shall send messengers for all tally lists not received in the commissioner’s office by noon of the day following the election. The expense of securing such tally lists shall be paid by the count…

1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.24 50.24 Canvass by board of supervisors. 1. The county board of supervisors shall meet to canvass the vote on the first Tuesday after the day of each election to which this chapter is applicable, unless the law authorizing the election specifies another d…

1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.25 50.25 Abstract of votes in the general election. 1. At the canvass of the general election, the abstract of the votes for each of the following classes shall be made on a different sheet: a. President and vice president of the United States. b. Senator …

1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.26 50.26 Duplicate abstracts. All abstracts of votes cast in the general election, except the abstracts of votes for county officers, shall be made in duplicate, and signed by the board of county canvassers. One of said abstracts shall be forwarded to the …

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1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.29 50.29 Certificate of election. 1. When any person is thus declared elected, there shall be delivered to that person a certificate of election, under the official seal of the county, in substance as follows: STATE OF IOWA ) ..............................…

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1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.30 50.30 Abstracts forwarded to state commissioner. 1. The commissioner shall, within thirteen days after the election, forward to the state commissioner one of the duplicate abstracts of votes for each of the following offices: a. President and vice presi…

1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.30A 50.30A Election canvass summary forwarded to state commissioner. The commissioner shall, within thirteen days after each primary election, general election, and special election conducted pursuant to section 69.14, forward to the state commissioner a t…

1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.31 50.31 Abstracts for governor and lieutenant governor. 1. The envelope containing the abstracts of votes for governor and lieutenant governor shall be endorsed substantially as follows: Abstract of votes for governor and lieutenant governor from ........…

1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.32 50.32 Endorsement on other envelope. The envelope for offices other than governor and lieutenant governor shall be endorsed substantially in the manner provided in section 50.31, with changes necessary to indicate the particular offices, and shall be ad…

1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.33 50.33 Forwarding of envelopes. The envelopes, including the one addressed to the speaker, after being prepared, sealed, and endorsed as required by this chapter, shall be placed in one package and forwarded to the state commissioner. [C51, §284, 305; R6…

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1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.35 50.35 Delivery of abstracts. The envelopes containing the abstracts of votes for governor and lieutenant governor shall not be opened by the state commissioner, but the state commissioner shall securely preserve the same and deliver them to the speaker …

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1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.37 50.37 State canvassing board. The executive council shall constitute a board of canvassers of all abstracts of votes required to be filed with the state commissioner, except for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor. Any clerical error found b…

1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.38 50.38 Time of state canvass. Not later than twenty-seven days after the day of the election, the secretary of state shall present to the board of state canvassers abstracts of votes cast at the election showing the number of ballots cast for each office…

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1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.40 50.40 Record of canvass. The state commissioner shall file the abstracts when received and shall have the same bound in book form to be kept by the state commissioner as a record of the result of said state election, to be known as the state election bo…

1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.41 50.41 Certificate of election. 1. Each person declared elected by the state board of canvassers shall receive a certificate, signed by the governor or, in the governor’s absence, by the secretary of state, with the seal of state affixed, attested by the…

1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.42 50.42 Certificates mailed. The state commissioner shall prepare and deliver or mail certificates of election to the persons declared elected. [C51, §292, 294; R60, §526, 528; C73, §648, 656, 658; C97, §1167; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §881; C46, 50, 54, 58, 6…

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1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.44 50.44 Tie vote. If more than the requisite number of persons, including presidential electors, are found to have an equal and the highest number of votes, the election of one of them shall be determined by lot. The name of each of such candidates shall …

1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.45 50.45 Canvass public — result determined. All canvasses of tally lists shall be public, and the persons having the greatest number of votes shall be declared elected. When a public measure has been submitted to the electors, the proposition shall be dec…

1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.46 50.46 Special elections — canvass and certificate. When a special election has been held to fill a vacancy, pursuant to section 69.14, the board of county canvassers shall meet no earlier than 1:00 p.m. on the second day after the election, and canvass …

1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.47 50.47 Messengers for election tally lists. Messengers sent for the tally lists of elections shall be paid from the state or county treasury for necessary travel expense. [C51, §295; R60, §529; C73, §3827; C97, §1172; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §886; C46, 50, …

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1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.49 50.49 Recounts for public measures. 1. A recount for any public measure shall be ordered by the board of canvassers if a petition requesting a recount is filed with the state commissioner for a public measure voted on by the electors of the entire state…

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1 CANVASS OF VOTES, §50.50 50.50 Administrative audits. 1. The commissioner who was responsible for conducting an election may request an administrative audit when the commissioner is informed or suspects that voting equipment used in the election malfunctioned or that programmin…

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