Title II, ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES (Ch. 39 - 79)
45 chapters · 947 sections in this title.
Iowa Code § 52.1 Voting systems — definitions.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.1 52.1 Voting systems — definitions. 1. At all elections conducted under chapter 49, and at any other election unless the commissioner directs otherwise pursuant to section 49.26, votes shall be cast, registered, recorded, and counted by means of optical sca…
Iowa Code § 52.11 Locking of unused party row.
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Iowa Code § 52.12 Exception — straight party voting.
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Iowa Code § 52.13 Sample ballots.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.13 52.13 Sample ballots. Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 190, §13. Wed Dec 10 22:25:00 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 52.13 (19, 0)
Iowa Code § 52.14 Two sets of ballots.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.14 52.14 Two sets of ballots. Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 190, §13. Wed Dec 10 22:25:00 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 52.14 (19, 0)
Iowa Code § 52.15 Delivery of ballots and supplies.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.15 52.15 Delivery of ballots and supplies. Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 190, §13. Wed Dec 10 22:25:01 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 52.15 (19, 0)
Iowa Code § 52.16 Duties of election officers — independent ballots.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.16 52.16 Duties of election officers — independent ballots. Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 190, §13. Wed Dec 10 22:25:01 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 52.16 (19, 0)…
Iowa Code § 52.19 Instructions.
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Iowa Code § 52.2 Optical scan voting system required.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.2 52.2 Optical scan voting system required. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, for elections held on or after November 4, 2008, a county shall use an optical scan voting system only. The requirements of the federal Help America Vote Act, Pub. L. …
Iowa Code § 52.20 Injury to machine.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.20 52.20 Injury to machine. Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch 57, §96. Wed Dec 10 22:25:03 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 52.20 (19, 0)
Iowa Code § 52.21 Canvass of vote — tally sheet.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.21 52.21 Canvass of vote — tally sheet. Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 190, §13. Wed Dec 10 22:25:04 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 52.21 (19, 0)
Iowa Code § 52.22 Locking machine.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.22 52.22 Locking machine. Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 190, §13. Wed Dec 10 22:25:04 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 52.22 (19, 0)
Iowa Code § 52.23 Written statements of election.
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Iowa Code § 52.24 Separate ballots.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.24 52.24 Separate ballots. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting the use of a separate ballot for public measures. [S13, §1137-a27; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §926; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §52.24] 2009 Acts, ch 57, §55 …
Iowa Code § 52.25 Summary of amendment or public measure.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.25 52.25 Summary of amendment or public measure. 1. The question of a constitutional convention, amendments, and public measures including bond issues may be voted on ballots in the following manner: a. The entire convention question, amendment, or public me…
Iowa Code § 52.26 Authorized optical scan voting system.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.26 52.26 Authorized optical scan voting system. 1. Every optical scan voting system approved by the state board of examiners for voting systems shall: a. Provide for voting in secrecy, except as to persons entitled by sections 49.90 and 49.91 to assistance. …
Iowa Code § 52.27 Commissioner to provide optical scan voting equipment.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.27 52.27 Commissioner to provide optical scan voting equipment. The commissioner having jurisdiction of any precinct for which the board of supervisors has adopted voting by means of an optical scan voting system shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, pro…
Iowa Code § 52.28 Optical scan voting system ballot forms.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.28 52.28 Optical scan voting system ballot forms. The commissioner of each county in which the use of an optical scan voting system in one or more precincts has been authorized shall print text on optical scan ballots using black ink on white paper and shall…
Iowa Code § 52.29 Optical scan voting system sample ballots.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.29 52.29 Optical scan voting system sample ballots. The commissioner shall provide for each precinct where an optical scan voting system is in use at least one sample optical scan ballot which shall be an exact copy of the official ballots as printed for tha…
Iowa Code § 52.3 Terms of purchase — tax levy.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.3 52.3 Terms of purchase — tax levy. The county board of supervisors, on the adoption and purchase of an optical scan voting system, may issue bonds under section 331.441, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (1). [S13, §1137-a14; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §…
Iowa Code § 52.30 Procedure where votes cast on ballot cards.
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Iowa Code § 52.31 Procedure where votes cast on optical scan ballots.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.31 52.31 Procedure where votes cast on optical scan ballots. Preparations for voting and voting at any election in a precinct where votes are to be received on optical scan ballots shall be in accordance with the provisions of chapter 49 governing voting upo…
Iowa Code § 52.32 Procedure upon closing polls.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.32 52.32 Procedure upon closing polls. Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 190, §13. Wed Dec 10 22:25:09 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 52.32 (19, 0)
Iowa Code § 52.33 Absentee voting by optical scan voting system.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.33 52.33 Absentee voting by optical scan voting system. 1. In any county in which the board of supervisors has adopted voting by means of an optical scan voting system, the commissioner shall also conduct absentee voting by use of such a system. In any other…
Iowa Code § 52.34 Counting center established.
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Iowa Code § 52.35 Equipment tested.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.35 52.35 Equipment tested. Before the date of any election at which votes are to be cast by means of an optical scan voting system, the commissioner shall have the automatic tabulating equipment, including the portable tabulating devices, tested to ascertain…
Iowa Code § 52.36 Commissioner in charge of counting center — appointment of resolution board.
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Iowa Code § 52.37 Special precinct tabulation procedure.
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Iowa Code § 52.38 Testing portable tabulating devices.
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Iowa Code § 52.4 Examiners — term — removal.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.4 52.4 Examiners — term — removal. 1. The state commissioner of elections shall appoint three members to a board of examiners for voting systems, not more than two of whom shall be from the same political party. The examiners shall hold office for staggered …
Iowa Code § 52.40 Early pick-up sites established — procedure.
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Iowa Code § 52.41 Electronic transmission of election results.
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Iowa Code § 52.5 Testing and examination of voting equipment.
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Iowa Code § 52.6 Compensation.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.6 52.6 Compensation. 1. Each examiner is entitled to one hundred fifty dollars for compensation and expenses in making an examination and report under section 52.5, to be paid by the person or corporation applying for the examination. However, each examiner …
Iowa Code § 52.7 Construction of machine approved — requirements.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.7 52.7 Construction of machine approved — requirements. Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch 57, §96. Wed Dec 10 22:24:57 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 52.7 (19, 0)
Iowa Code § 52.8 Experimental use.
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1 VOTING SYSTEMS, §52.8 52.8 Experimental use. Repealed by 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §389. Wed Dec 10 22:24:57 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 52.8 (20, 0)