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IA Code § 42.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 42 - REDISTRICTING GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS|Section 42.5 - Temporary redistricting advisory commission.

42.5 Temporary redistricting advisory commission.   1. Not later than February 15 of each year ending in one, a five member temporary redistricting advisory commission shall be established as provided by this section. The commission’s only functions shall be those prescribed by section 42.6.   a. Each of the four selecting authorities shall certify to the chief election officer the authority’s appointment of a person to serve on the commission. The certifications may be made at any time after the majority and minority floor leaders have been selected for the general assembly which takes office in the year ending in one, even though that general assembly’s term of office has not actually begun.   b. Within thirty days after the four selecting authorities have certified their respective appointments to the commission, but in no event later than February 15 of the year ending in one, the four commission members so appointed shall select, by a vote of at least three members, and certify to the chief election officer the fifth commission member, who shall serve as chairperson.   c. A vacancy on the commission shall be filled by the initial selecting authority within fifteen days after the vacancy occurs.   d. Members of the commission shall receive a per diem as specified in section 7E.6, travel expenses at the rate provided by section 70A.9, and reimbursement for other necessary expenses incurred in performing their duties under this section and section 42.6. The per diem and expenses shall be paid from funds appropriated by section 2.12.   2. No person shall be appointed to the commission who:   a. Is not an eligible elector of the state at the time of selection.   b. Holds partisan public office or political party office.   c. Is a relative of or is employed by a member of the general assembly or of the United States Congress, or is employed directly by the general assembly or by the United States Congress.  [C81, §42.5]  90 Acts, ch 1256, §23
IA Code § 42.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 42 - REDISTRICTING GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS|Section 42.6 - Duties of commission.

42.6 Duties of commission.   The functions of the commission shall be as follows:   1. If, in preparation of plans as required by this chapter, the legislative services agency is confronted with the necessity to make any decision for which no clearly applicable guideline is provided by section 42.4, the legislative services agency may submit a written request for direction to the commission.   2. Prior to delivering any plan and the bill embodying that plan to the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house of representatives in accordance with section 42.3, the legislative services agency shall provide to persons outside the legislative services agency staff only such information regarding the plan as may be required by policies agreed upon by the commission. This subsection does not apply to population data furnished to the legislative services agency by the United States bureau of the census.   3. Upon the delivery by the legislative services agency to the general assembly of a bill embodying an initial plan, as required by section 42.3, subsection 1, the commission shall:   a. As expeditiously as reasonably possible, schedule and conduct at least three public hearings, in different geographic regions of the state, on the plan embodied in the bill delivered by the legislative services agency to the general assembly.   b. Following the hearings, promptly prepare and submit to the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house a report summarizing information and testimony received by the commission in the course of the hearings. The commission’s report shall include any comments and conclusions which its members deem appropriate on the information and testimony received at the hearings, or otherwise presented to the commission. The report shall be submitted no later than fourteen days after the date the bill embodying an initial plan of congressional and legislative redistricting is delivered to the general assembly.  [C81, §42.6]  2003 Acts, ch 35, §44, 49; 2007 Acts, ch 78, §8, 9  Referred to in §42.3, 42.5
IA Code § 43.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 43 - PARTISAN NOMINATIONS — PRIMARY ELECTION|Section 43.1 - Primary election construed.

43.1 Primary election construed.   The primary election required by this chapter shall be construed to be an election by the members of various political parties for the purpose of placing in nomination candidates for public office.  [S13, §1087-a2; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §527; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.1]
IA Code § 43.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 43 - PARTISAN NOMINATIONS — PRIMARY ELECTION|Section 43.2 - Definitions.

43.2 Definitions.   1. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   a. “Book”, “list”, “record”, or “schedule” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other county officer means the county system as defined in section 445.1.   b. “Political party” shall mean a party which, at the last preceding general election, cast for its candidate for president of the United States or for governor, as the case may be, at least two percent of the total vote cast for all candidates for that office at that election. It shall be the responsibility of the state commissioner to determine whether any organization claiming to be a political party qualifies as such under the foregoing definition.   2. A political organization which is not a “political party” within the meaning of subsection 1, paragraph “b”, may nominate candidates and have the names of such candidates placed upon the official ballot by proceeding under chapters 44 and 45.  [S13, §1087-a3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §528; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.2]  2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §28; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §10  Referred to in §42.1, 44.18, 48A.11, 48A.24, 49.58, 53.2, 53.23, 68A.102, 99B.1, 421.1A
IA Code § 43.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 43 - PARTISAN NOMINATIONS — PRIMARY ELECTION|Section 43.3 - Offices affected by primary.

43.3 Offices affected by primary.   Candidates of all political parties for all offices which are filled at a regular biennial election by direct vote of the people shall be nominated at a primary election at the time and in the manner hereinafter directed.  [S13, §1087-a1; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §529; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.3]
IA Code § 43.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 43 - PARTISAN NOMINATIONS — PRIMARY ELECTION|Section 43.5 - Applicable statutes.

43.5 Applicable statutes.   The provisions of chapters 39, 39A, 47, 48A, 49, 50, 52, 53, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 68A, and 722 shall apply, so far as applicable, to all primary elections, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.  [S13, §1087-a1; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §531; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.5]  94 Acts, ch 1169, §44; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §5; 2010 Acts, ch 1060, §2; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §19
IA Code § 43.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 43 - PARTISAN NOMINATIONS — PRIMARY ELECTION|Section 43.6 - Nomination of U.S. senators, state and county officers.

43.6 Nomination of U.S. senators, state and county officers.   Candidates for the office of senator in the Congress of the United States, the offices listed in section 39.9, county supervisor, and the offices listed in section 39.17 shall be nominated in the year preceding the expiration of the term of office of the incumbent.   1. When a vacancy occurs in the office of senator in the Congress of the United States, secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of state, secretary of agriculture, or attorney general and section 69.13 requires that the vacancy be filled for the balance of the unexpired term at a general election, candidates for the office shall be nominated in the preceding primary election if the vacancy occurs eighty-nine or more days before the date of that primary election. If the vacancy occurs less than one hundred four days before the date of that primary election, the state commissioner shall accept nomination papers for that office only until 5:00 p.m. on the seventy-fourth day before the primary election, the provisions of section 43.11 notwithstanding. If the vacancy occurs later than eighty-nine days before the date of that primary election, but not less than eighty-one days before the date of the general election, the nominations shall be made in the manner prescribed by this chapter for filling vacancies in nominations for offices to be voted for at the general election.   2. When a vacancy occurs in the office of county supervisor or any of the offices listed in section 39.17 and more than seventy days remain in the term of office following the next general election, the office shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term at that general election unless the vacancy has been filled by a special election called more than seventy-three days before the primary election. If the vacancy occurs more than seventy-three days before the primary election, political party candidates for that office at the next general election shall be nominated at the primary election. If an appointment to fill the vacancy in office is made eighty-eight or more days before the primary election and a petition requesting a special election has not been received within fourteen days after the appointment is made, candidates for the office shall be nominated at the primary election.  [R60, §674; C73, §26; C97, §30; S13, §1087-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §532; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.6]  89 Acts, ch 136, §3; 94 Acts, ch 1180, §2; 97 Acts, ch 170, §2; 2007 Acts, ch 59, §2, 19; 2017 Acts, ch 110, §65  Vacancies filled, §69.8(1, 2, 3, 4)
IA Code § 43.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 43 - PARTISAN NOMINATIONS — PRIMARY ELECTION|Section 43.7 - Time of holding.

43.7 Time of holding.   The primary election by all political parties shall be held at the usual voting places of the several precincts on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in each even-numbered year.  [S13, §1087-a4; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §533; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.7]
IA Code § 43.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 43 - PARTISAN NOMINATIONS — PRIMARY ELECTION|Section 43.8 - State commissioner to furnish blanks.

43.8 State commissioner to furnish blanks.   The state commissioner shall, at state expense, furnish blank nomination papers, in the form provided in this chapter, to any eligible elector who desires to petition for the nomination of any candidate, or to any person who intends to be a candidate, for any office for which nomination papers are required to be filed in the state commissioner’s office.  [S13, §1087-a11; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §534; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.8; 81 Acts, ch 34, §1]  Referred to in §43.9
IA Code § 43.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 43 - PARTISAN NOMINATIONS — PRIMARY ELECTION|Section 43.9 - Commissioner to furnish blanks.

43.9 Commissioner to furnish blanks.   The commissioner shall, at county expense, perform the duty specified in section 43.8, as to all offices for which nomination papers are required to be filed in the commissioner’s office.  [S13, §1087-a11; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §535; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.9]
IA Code § 43.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 43 - PARTISAN NOMINATIONS — PRIMARY ELECTION|Section 43.10 - Blanks furnished by others.

43.10 Blanks furnished by others.   Blank nomination papers which are in form substantially as provided by this chapter may be used even though not furnished by the state commissioner or commissioner.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §536; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.10]
IA Code § 43.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 43 - PARTISAN NOMINATIONS — PRIMARY ELECTION|Section 43.11 - Filing of nomination papers.

43.11 Filing of nomination papers.   Nomination papers in behalf of a candidate shall be filed:   1. For an elective county office, in the office of the county commissioner not earlier than ninety-two days nor later than 5:00 p.m. on the sixty-ninth day before the day fixed for holding the primary election.   2. For United States senator, for an elective state office, for representative in Congress, and for member of the general assembly, in the office of the state commissioner not earlier than ninety-nine days nor later than 5:00 p.m. on the eighty-first day before the day fixed for holding the primary election.  [S13, §1087-a10; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §537; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.11]  88 Acts, ch 1119, §2; 89 Acts, ch 136, §4  Referred to in §43.6, 43.13, 43.77
IA Code § 43.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 43 - PARTISAN NOMINATIONS — PRIMARY ELECTION|Section 43.12 - Noting time of filing.

43.12 Noting time of filing.   The officer receiving nomination papers for filing shall endorse thereon the day, and time of day, of filing.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §538; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.12]
IA Code § 43.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 43 - PARTISAN NOMINATIONS — PRIMARY ELECTION|Section 43.13 - Failure to file nomination papers.

43.13 Failure to file nomination papers.   The name of a candidate for any office named in section 43.11 shall not be printed on the official primary ballot of the candidate’s party unless nomination papers are filed as therein provided except as otherwise permitted by section 43.23.  [S13, §1087-a10; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §539; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.13]
IA Code § 43.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 43 - PARTISAN NOMINATIONS — PRIMARY ELECTION|Section 43.15 - Requirements in signing.

43.15 Requirements in signing.   The following requirements shall be observed in the signing and preparation of nomination blanks:   1. A signer may sign nomination papers for more than one candidate for the same office, and the signature is not invalid solely because the signer signed nomination papers for one or more other candidates for the office.   2. Each signer shall add the signer’s residential address, with street and number, if any, and the date of signing.   3. All signers, for all nominations, of each separate part of a nomination paper, shall reside in the same county, representative or senatorial district for members of the general assembly. In counties where the supervisors are elected from districts, signers of nomination petitions for supervisor candidates shall reside in the supervisor district the candidate seeks to represent.   4. When more than one sheet is used, the sheets shall be neatly arranged and securely fastened together before filing, and shall be considered one nomination petition.   5. Only one candidate shall be petitioned for or nominated in the same nomination paper.  [S13, §1087-a10; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §541; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.15]  89 Acts, ch 136, §5, 6; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §6, 115; 2019 Acts, ch 148, §13, 33
IA Code § 43.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 43 - PARTISAN NOMINATIONS — PRIMARY ELECTION|Section 43.16 - Filed nomination papers — returns and additions not allowed — withdrawal.

43.16 Filed nomination papers — returns and additions not allowed — withdrawal.   1. After a nomination paper has been filed, it shall not be returned to the person who has filed the paper, nor shall any signature or other information be added to the nomination paper.   2. a. A person who has filed nomination petitions with the state commissioner may withdraw as a candidate not later than the seventy-sixth day before the primary election by notifying the state commissioner in writing.   b. A person who has filed nomination papers with the commissioner may withdraw as a candidate not later than the sixty-seventh day before the primary election by notifying the commissioner in writing.   3. The name of a candidate who has withdrawn or died on or before the final day to withdraw as a candidate for that office shall be omitted from the certificate furnished by the state commissioner under section 43.22 and omitted from the primary election ballot.  [S13, §1087-a10; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §542; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.16]  86 Acts, ch 1224, §1; 89 Acts, ch 136, §7; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §31  Withdrawal of candidacy, §43.76
IA Code § 43.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 43 - PARTISAN NOMINATIONS — PRIMARY ELECTION|Section 43.18 - Affidavit of candidacy.

43.18 Affidavit of candidacy.   Each candidate shall complete and file a signed, notarized affidavit of candidacy. The affidavit shall be in the form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall include the following information:   1. The candidate’s name in the form the candidate wants it to appear on the ballot.   2. The candidate’s home address.   3. The name of the county in which the candidate resides.   4. The political party with which the candidate is registered to vote.   5. The office sought by the candidate, and the district the candidate seeks to represent, if any.   6. A declaration that if the candidate is nominated and elected the candidate will qualify by taking the oath of office.   7. A statement that the candidate is aware that the candidate is required to organize a candidate’s committee which shall file an organization statement and disclosure reports if the committee or the candidate receives contributions, makes expenditures, or incurs indebtedness in excess of the reporting threshold in section 68A.102, subsection 5. This subsection shall not apply to candidates for federal office.   8. A statement that the candidate is aware of the prohibition in section 43.20 against being a candidate for more than one office appearing on the primary election ballot.   9. A statement that the candidate is aware that the candidate is disqualified from holding office if the candidate has been convicted of a felony or other infamous crime and the candidate’s rights have not been restored by the governor or by the president of the United States.  [S13, §1087-a10; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §544; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §43.18; C75, §43.18, 56.5(4); C77, 79, 81, §43.18; 81 Acts, ch 35, §16]  90 Acts, ch 1238, §2; 91 Acts, ch 129, §2, 3; 94 Acts, ch 1023, §77; 94 Acts, ch 1180, §4; 98 Acts, ch 1052, §1  Referred to in §43.14, 43.19, 420.130
IA Code § 43.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 43 - PARTISAN NOMINATIONS — PRIMARY ELECTION|Section 43.19 - Manner of filing affidavit.

43.19 Manner of filing affidavit.   The affidavit provided in section 43.18 shall be filed with the nomination papers when such papers are required; otherwise alone.  [S13, §1087-a10; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §545; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.19]
IA Code § 43.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 43 - PARTISAN NOMINATIONS — PRIMARY ELECTION|Section 43.20 - Signatures required — more than one office prohibited.

43.20 Signatures required — more than one office prohibited.   1. Nomination papers shall be signed by eligible electors as follows:   a. If for governor, or United States senator, by at least one percent of the voters of the candidate’s party, in each of at least ten counties of the state, and in the aggregate by not less than one-half of one percent of the total vote of the candidate’s party in the state, as shown by the last general election.   b. If for any other state office, by at least fifty signatures in each of at least ten counties of the state, and in the aggregate by not less than one thousand signatures.   c. If for a representative in Congress, in districts composed of more than one county, by at least two percent of the voters of the candidate’s party, as shown by the last general election, in each of at least one-half of the counties of the district, and in the aggregate by not less than one percent of the total vote of the candidate’s party in such district, as shown by the last general election. If for a representative in the general assembly, by not less than fifty voters of the representative district; and if for a senator in the general assembly, by not less than one hundred voters of the senatorial district.   d. If for an office to be filled by the voters of the county or for the office of county supervisor elected from a district within the county, by at least two percent of the party vote in the county or supervisor district, as shown by the last general election, or by at least one hundred persons, whichever is less.   2. In each of the cases described in subsection 1, the vote to be taken for the purpose of computing the percentage shall be the vote cast for president of the United States or for governor, as the case may be.   3. No candidate for public office shall cause nomination papers to remain filed in the office of the state commissioner or the commissioner on the last day for filing nomination papers, for more than one office to be filled at the primary election.   4. Any candidate for public office, to be voted for at a primary election, who has filed nomination papers for more than one office shall, not later than the final date for filing, notify the state commissioner or the commissioner by affidavit, for which office the person elects to be a candidate, which in no case shall be more than one. In the event no such election is made by such date by the candidate, the state commissioner shall not certify the person’s name to be placed on the ballot for any office nor shall the commissioner place the person’s name on the ballot in any county.  [S13, §1087-a10; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §546; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.20]  88 Acts, ch 1119, §3, 4; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §20; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §20  Referred to in §43.18
IA Code § 43.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 43 - PARTISAN NOMINATIONS — PRIMARY ELECTION|Section 43.21 - Township office.

43.21 Township office. Repealed by  2005 Acts, ch 152, §10  .
IA Code § 43.22 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 43 - PARTISAN NOMINATIONS — PRIMARY ELECTION|Section 43.22 - Nominations certified.

43.22 Nominations certified.   The state commissioner shall, at least sixty-nine days before a primary election, or as soon as practicable if an objection under section 43.24 is pending, furnish to the commissioner of each county a certificate under the state commissioner’s hand and seal, which certificate shall show:   1. The name and post office address of each person for whom a nomination paper has been filed in the state commissioner’s office, and for whom the voters of said county have the right to vote at said election.   2. The office for which such person is a candidate.   3. The political party from which such person seeks a nomination.  [S13, §1087-a12; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §548; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.22]  89 Acts, ch 136, §9; 2019 Acts, ch 148, §14, 33  Referred to in §43.16, 43.23