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

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1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.41 49.41 More than one office prohibited. 1. a. A person shall not be a candidate for more than one office to be filled at the same election, except that a person may be a candidate for a city office and school board office at the same electi…

1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.42 49.42 Form of official ballot. Repealed by 97 Acts, ch 170, §93. Wed Dec 10 22:23:39 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 49.42 (22, 1)

1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.42A 49.42A Form of official ballot. Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch 57, §96. See §49.57A. Wed Dec 10 22:23:40 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 49.42A (19, 0)

1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.42B 49.42B Form of official ballot — candidates for president and vice president. When candidates for president and vice president of the United States appear on the ballot, the following statement shall appear directly above the section of t…

1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.43 49.43 Constitutional amendment or other public measure. 1. If possible, all public measures and constitutional amendments to be voted upon by an elector shall be included on a single ballot which shall also include all offices to be voted …

1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.44 49.44 Summary. 1. When a proposed constitutional amendment or other public measure to be decided by the voters of the entire state is to be voted upon, the state commissioner shall prepare a written summary of the amendment or measure incl…

1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.45 49.45 General form of ballot. Ballots referred to in section 49.43 shall be substantially in the following form: Shall the following amendment to the Constitution (or public measure) be adopted? ☐ Yes ☐ No (Here insert the summary, if it i…

1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.46 49.46 Marking ballots on public measures. The elector shall designate a vote by making the appropriate mark in the voting target. On paper ballots an “X” or a check mark may be placed in the proper target. [C97, §1106; S13, §1106; C24, 27,…

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1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.48 49.48 Notice for judicial officers and constitutional amendments. The state commissioner of elections shall prescribe a notice to inform voters of the location on the ballot of the form for retaining or removing judicial officers and for r…

1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.49 49.49 Certain sample ballots prohibited. The commissioner and state commissioner of elections shall not distribute or authorize the distribution of sample ballots to voters other than as provided in sections 43.30, 49.53, and 52.29. 2019 A…

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1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.51 49.51 Commissioner to control printing. The commissioner shall have charge of the printing of the ballots to be used for any election held in the county. [C97, §1107; S13, §1106, 2754; SS15, §1107; C24, 27, §767, 769, 771, 4203; C31, 35, §…

1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.53 49.53 Publication of ballot and notice. 1. The commissioner shall not less than four nor more than twenty days before the day of each election, except those for which different publication requirements are prescribed by law, publish notice…

1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.54 49.54 Cost of publication. The cost of the publication required by section 49.53, shall not exceed an amount determined by the director of the department of administrative services or the director’s designee. [C73, §3832; C97, §1112, 1293;…

1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.55 49.55 Delivery of supplies to officials. In all cases the necessary election supplies, including paper ballots for precincts where they are to be used, shall be furnished the precinct election officials not less than one hour before the op…

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1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.57 49.57 Method and style of printing ballots. Ballots shall be prepared as follows: 1. They shall be on paper uniform in color, through which the printing or writing cannot be read. 2. After the name of each candidate for a partisan office t…

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1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.58 49.58 Effect of death of certain candidates. 1. If any candidate nominated by a political party, as defined in section 43.2, for the office of senator or representative in the Congress of the United States, governor, attorney general, or s…

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1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.63 49.63 Time of printing — inspection and correction. Ballots shall be printed and in the possession of the commissioner in time to enable the commissioner to furnish ballots to absent voters as provided by sections 53.8, 53.10, and 53.11. T…

1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.64 49.64 Number of ballots delivered. The commissioner shall cause ballots of the kind to be voted in each precinct to be delivered to the precinct election officials as follows: 1. In general elections which are presidential elections, at le…

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1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.66 49.66 Reserve supply of ballots. The commissioner shall provide and retain at the commissioner’s office an ample supply of ballots, in addition to those distributed to the several voting precincts. If at any time the ballots furnished to a…

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1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.68 49.68 State commissioner to furnish instructions. 1. The state commissioner with the approval of the attorney general shall prepare, and from time to time revise, written instructions to the voters relative to the rights of voters, and sha…

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1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.70 49.70 Precinct election officials furnished instructions. The commissioner shall cause copies of instructions addressing the rights of voters and instructions for voting to be printed in large, clear type. The commissioner shall furnish th…

1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.71 49.71 Posting instruction cards and sample ballots. The precinct election officials, before the opening of the polls, shall cause each set of instructions required pursuant to section 49.70 to be securely posted as follows: 1. At least one…

1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.72 49.72 Absentee voters designated before polling place opened. The commissioner shall deliver to each precinct election board not less than one hour before the time at which the polls are to open for any election the list of all registered …

1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.73 49.73 Time of opening and closing polls. 1. At all elections, except as otherwise permitted by this section, the polls shall be opened at 7:00 a.m. if at least one official from each of the political parties referred to in section 49.13 is…

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1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.76 49.76 How administered. Any one of the precinct election officials present may administer the oath to the others, and it shall be entered in the election records, subscribed by the person taking it, and certified by the officer administeri…

1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.77 49.77 Ballot furnished to voter. 1. The board members of their respective precincts shall have charge of the ballots and shall furnish them to the voters after verifying each voter’s identity pursuant to section 49.78. a. Any person desiri…

1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.78 49.78 Voter identity and signature verification. 1. To ensure the integrity of, and to instill public confidence in, all elections in this state the general assembly finds that the verification of a voter’s identity is necessary before a v…

1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.79 49.79 Challenges. 1. Any person offering to vote may be challenged as unqualified by any precinct election official or registered voter. It is the duty of each official to challenge any person offering to vote whom the official knows or su…

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1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.81 49.81 Procedure for voter to cast provisional ballot. 1. A prospective voter who is prohibited under section 48A.8, subsection 4, section 49.77, subsection 3, section 49.80, or section 53.19, subsection 3, from voting except under this sec…

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1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.83 49.83 Names to be marked on election register. The name of each voter shall be marked on the election register by a precinct election official when the voter’s declaration of eligibility has been approved by the officials. [C51, §260; R60,…

1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.84 49.84 Marking and return of ballot. 1. a. After receiving the ballot, the voter shall immediately go to the next available voting booth and without delay mark the ballot. All voters shall vote in booths. b. Before leaving the voting booth,…

1 METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.85 49.85 Depositing ballots. One of the precinct election officials shall at once, after receiving the ballot, in the presence of the voter, deposit it in the ballot box. [C51, §257; R60, §492; C73, §617; C97, §1117; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §802…