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

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 Single ballot, exceptions; see also §49.30 , 49…

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 measure shall be printed and displayed prominently in at least one place …

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. The state board of examiners for voting systems shall determine whethe…

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, provide for use at each election held in the precinct optical scan ballots and ballot mar…

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 determine the arrangement of candidates’ names and public questions upo…

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 that precinct. The sample ballot shall be posted prominently within the polli…

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, § 906; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81 , S…

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 upon conventional paper ballots with the following exceptions: 1. Before entering the …

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 county, the commissioner may with approval of the board of supervisors conduc…

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 that it will correctly count the votes cast for …

The tabulation of absentee and provisional ballots cast by means of an optical scan voting system shall be conducted as follows: 1. a. If any ballot is found damaged or defective, so that it cannot be counted properly by the automatic tabulating equipment, a true duplicate shall …

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 terms of six years, subject to removal at the pleasure of…

With the advice of the board of examiners for voting systems, the state commissioner shall adopt by rule standards for the examination and testing of devices for the electronic transmission of election results. All voting systems which contain devices for the electronic transmiss…

1. A person or corporation owning or being interested in an optical scan voting system may request that the state commissioner call upon the board of examiners to examine and test the system. Within seven days of receiving a request for examination and test, the state commissione…

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 shall receive not to exceed fifteen hundre…