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Iowa Code § 57.1 Standing to bring contest — grounds for contest.
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1. Elections may be contested under this chapter as follows: a. The election of any person to any county office, to a seat in either branch of the general assembly, to a state office, to the office of senator or representative in Congress, or to the office of presidential elector…
Iowa Code § 57.2 Certificate withheld.
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If notice of a contest of the election of an officer is filed before the certificate of election is delivered to the incumbent, or notice of a contest of the declared result of an election on a public measure is filed before a duplicate of the abstract of votes upon the measure a…
Iowa Code § 57.3 Terms defined.
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The term “incumbent” in this chapter means the person whom the canvassers declare elected. The term “election” in this chapter means the voting for a particular office, or the voting for or against a particular public measure, including the notice and other preparations for votin…
Iowa Code § 57.4 Change of result.
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When the misconduct, fraud, or corruption complained of is on the part of the precinct election officials in a precinct, it shall not be held sufficient to set aside the election, unless the rejection of the vote of that precinct would change the result as to that office. [C51, §…