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

Any candidate named under this chapter may withdraw the candidate’s nomination by a written request filed as follows: 1. In the office of the state commissioner, at least eighty-one days before the date of the election. 2. In the office of the appropriate commissioner, at least s…

1. Nominations for candidates for president and vice president, governor and lieutenant governor, and for United States senator may be made by nomination petitions signed by not less than three thousand five hundred eligible electors, including at least one hundred eligible elect…

The name of a candidate placed upon the ballot by any other method than by petition shall not be added by petition for the same office in the same election. [C97, §1100; C24, §651; C27, 31, 35, §655-a18; C39, § 655.18; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §45.2 ] Othe…

Each candidate shall complete and file a signed, notarized affidavit of candidacy. The affidavit shall be filed at the same time as the nomination petition. The affidavit shall be in the form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall include the following information: 1. The…

The time and place of filing nomination petitions, the presumption of validity thereof, the right of a candidate so nominated to withdraw and the effect of such withdrawal, and the right to object to the legal sufficiency of such petitions, or to the eligibility of the candidate,…

1. Nomination papers shall include a petition and an affidavit of candidacy. All nomination petitions shall be eight and one-half by eleven inches in size and shall be in substantially the form prescribed by the state commissioner of elections. They shall provide spaces for the f…

The following requirements shall be observed in the signing and preparation of nomination petitions: 1. A signer may sign nomination petitions for more than one candidate for the same office, and the signature is not invalid solely because the signer signed nomination petitions f…

1. The governor shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the senate, nine eligible electors to the state judicial nominating commission. 2. The appointments made by the governor shall be staggered terms of six years each and shall begin and end in even-numbered years as provided…

1. In order to have an eligible elector’s name printed on the ballot for state or district judicial nominating commissioner, the eligible elector must file in the office of the state court administrator at least thirty days prior to expiration of the period within which the elect…

Upon making an appointment, the governor shall promptly certify the names and addresses of judicial nominating commissioners to the state commissioner of elections. Upon the completion of an election, the state court administrator shall certify the names and addresses of the elec…

1. When a vacancy occurs or will occur within one hundred twenty days in the supreme court, the court of appeals, or district court, the state commissioner of elections shall forthwith so notify the governor. The governor shall call a meeting of the proper judicial nominating com…

1. The governor or chairperson of each judicial nominating commission shall give the members of the commission at least five days’ written notice by mail or electronic mail of the time and place of every meeting, except as to members who execute written waivers of notice at or be…

1. Each judicial nominating commission shall carefully consider the individuals available for judge, and within sixty days after receiving notice of a vacancy shall certify to the governor and the chief justice the proper number of nominees, in alphabetical order. Such nominees s…

Vacancies in the court of appeals shall be filled by appointment by the governor from a list of nominees submitted by the state judicial nominating commission. Five nominees shall be submitted for each vacancy. Nominees to the court of appeals shall have the qualifications prescr…

1. All appointments to the supreme court and court of appeals shall be made from the nominees of the state judicial nominating commission, and all appointments to the district court shall be made from the nominees of the district judicial nominating commission. 2. If the governor…

1. If any provision or clause of this chapter or any application of this chapter to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, clauses, or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or …

1. Subject to sections 602.1610 and 602.1612 and to removal for cause: a. The initial term of office of judges of the supreme court, court of appeals, and district court shall be for one year after appointment and until January 1 following the next judicial election after expirat…

Judicial elections shall be held at the time of the general election. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §46.17 ] Referred to in §602.1216 , 602.6305 , 602.7103C , 633.20C

Electors entitled to vote at the general election shall be entitled to vote at the judicial election. All voting procedures provided by chapter 53 for absent voting by armed forces in general elections shall be applicable to judicial elections. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §46.1…

The election registers used for the general election shall also constitute the election registers for the judicial election. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §46.19 ] Referred to in §602.1216 , 602.6305 , 602.7103C , 633.20C

1. The resident members of the bar of each congressional district shall elect two eligible electors to the state judicial nominating commission. 2. The commissioners elected by the bar shall serve staggered terms of six years each and shall be elected in the month of January for …

At least one hundred four days before the judicial election preceding expiration of the initial or regular term of office, a judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, or district court including district associate judges, full-time associate juvenile judges, or full-time asso…

At least sixty-four days before each judicial election, the state commissioner of elections shall certify to the county commissioner of elections of each county a list of the judges of the supreme court, court of appeals, and district court including district associate judges, fu…

Voting at judicial elections shall be by separate paper ballot or optical scan ballot in the space provided for public measures. If separate paper ballots are used, the election judges shall offer a ballot to each voter. If optical scan ballots are used, either a separate ballot …

So far as applicable, general election and absent voter laws shall apply to judicial elections. An application for an absent voter ballot for a general election shall also constitute an application for an absent voter ballot for a judicial election to be held at the same time, an…

1. A judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, or district court including a district associate judge, full-time associate juvenile judge, or full-time associate probate judge, or a clerk of the district court must receive more affirmative than negative votes to be retained i…

As used in this chapter , the term “eligible elector” has the meaning assigned that term by section 39.3 . [C75, 77, 79, 81, §46.25 ]

1. The governor shall appoint five eligible electors of each judicial election district to the district judicial nominating commission. 2. The appointments made by the governor shall be to staggered terms of six years each and shall be made in the month of January for terms comme…

The resident members of the bar of each judicial election district shall elect five eligible electors of the district to the district judicial nominating commission. Commissioners shall be elected to staggered terms of six years each. The elections shall be held in the month of J…

1. When a vacancy occurs in the office of an appointive judicial nominating commissioner, the chairperson of the particular commission shall promptly notify the governor in writing of such fact or the governor may take note of such a vacancy. Vacancies in the office of an appoint…

Members of the state judicial nominating commission and the district judicial nominating commissions are entitled to be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as commissioners for each day spent attending commission meetings or tr…

1. The commissioners of the state judicial nominating commission shall elect a chairperson from their own number. The chairperson shall serve a two-year term that expires on April 30 of even-numbered years. A commissioner may be reelected for a second or third term as chairperson…

To be eligible to vote in elections of judicial nominating commissioners, a member of the bar must be eligible to practice and must be a resident of the state of Iowa and of the appropriate congressional district or judicial election district at the time the member votes in the e…

1. The state court administrator shall maintain a certified list of the names, addresses, electronic mail addresses, and years of admission of members of the bar who are eligible to vote for state and district judicial nominating commissioners. 2. Upon request, the state court ad…

1. When an election of judicial nominating commissioners is to be held, the state court administrator shall administer the voting. The state court administrator may administer the voting by electronic notification and voting or by paper ballot mailed to each eligible attorney. Th…

At least sixty days prior to the expiration of the term of an elective state or district judicial nominating commissioner or the expiration of the period within which a special election must be held, the state court administrator shall provide notice of the current or upcoming va…

1. The secretary of state is designated as the state commissioner of elections and shall supervise the activities of the county commissioners of elections. There is established within the office of the secretary of state a division of elections which shall be under the direction …

An optical scan voting system fund is established in the office of the treasurer of state under the control of the secretary of state. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the office of the secretary of state for purchase and distribution of optical scan voting system equipment…

1. An electronic poll book and polling place technology program is created and an electronic poll book and polling place technology revolving loan fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the state commissioner. The program and revolving loan fund shall be admin…

1. The county auditor of each county is designated as the county commissioner of elections in each county. The county commissioner of elections shall conduct voter registration pursuant to chapter 48A and conduct all elections within the county. The county commissioner of electio…

1. The costs of conducting a special election called by the governor, the general election, and the primary election held prior to the general election shall be paid by the county. 2. The cost of conducting other elections shall be paid by the political subdivision for which the …

If the deadline for a filing pertaining to an election falls on a day that the state or county commissioner’s office is closed for business, the deadline shall be extended to the next day that the office of state commissioner or county commissioner is open for business to receive…

1. Except for legal services and printing of ballots, the commissioner shall take bids for goods and services which are needed in connection with registration of voters or preparation for or administration of elections and which will be performed or provided by persons who are no…

1. a. (1) The governing body of a political subdivision which has authorized a special election to which section 39.2, subsections 1, 2, and 3 , are applicable shall by written notice inform the commissioner who will be responsible for conducting the election of the proposed date…

1. The state commissioner of elections is designated the state registrar of voters, and shall regulate the preparation, preservation, and maintenance of voter registration records, the preparation of precinct election registers for all elections administered by the commissioner o…

1. A state voter registration commission is established which shall meet as necessary to make and review policy, adopt rules, and establish procedures to be followed by the registrar in discharging the duties of that office, and to promote interagency cooperation and planning. a.…