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IA Code § 39.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 39 - ELECTIONS, ELECTORS, APPOINTMENTS, TERMS, AND OFFICERS|Section 39.15 - State senators.

39.15 State senators.   Senators in the general assembly shall be elected at the general election in the respective senatorial districts and shall hold office for the term of four years.  [C51, §239; R60, §471; C73, §588; C97, §1071; S13, §1071; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §518; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §39.15]
IA Code § 39.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 39 - ELECTIONS, ELECTORS, APPOINTMENTS, TERMS, AND OFFICERS|Section 39.16 - Representatives.

39.16 Representatives.   Members of the house of representatives shall be elected at the general election in the respective representative districts and hold office for the term of two years.  [C51, §239; R60, §470; C73, §587; C97, §1070; S13, §1070; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §519; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §39.16]
IA Code § 39.17 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 39 - ELECTIONS, ELECTORS, APPOINTMENTS, TERMS, AND OFFICERS|Section 39.17 - County officers.

39.17 County officers.   1. There shall be elected in each county at the general election to be held in the year 1976 and every four years thereafter, an auditor and a sheriff, each to hold office for a term of four years.   2. There shall be elected in each county at the general election to be held in 1974 and each four years thereafter, a treasurer, a recorder, and a county attorney who shall each hold office for a term of four years.  [C51, §96, 239; R60, §224, 472, 473; C73, §589; C97, §1072; S13, §1072; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §520; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §39.17]  83 Acts, ch 186, §10015, 10201; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §9  Referred to in §43.6, 43.77, 49.37, 69.14A, 331.661, 331.752, 331.753  Combining duties of county officers; §331.323
IA Code § 39.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 39 - ELECTIONS, ELECTORS, APPOINTMENTS, TERMS, AND OFFICERS|Section 39.18 - Board of supervisors.

39.18 Board of supervisors.   There shall be elected biennially in counties, members of the board of supervisors to succeed those whose terms of office will expire on the first day of January following the election which is not a Sunday or legal holiday. The term of office of each supervisor shall be four years, except as otherwise provided by section 331.208 or 331.209.  [C51, §239; R60, §475; C73, §295, 591; C97, §411, 1074; S13, §1074; SS15, §411; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §521; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §39.18; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1202]  87 Acts, ch 68, §1
IA Code § 39.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 39 - ELECTIONS, ELECTORS, APPOINTMENTS, TERMS, AND OFFICERS|Section 39.20 - City officers.

39.20 City officers.   The times at which officers of cities shall be elected and their terms of office shall be as provided by or established pursuant to sections 376.1 and 376.2.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §39.20]
IA Code § 39.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 39 - ELECTIONS, ELECTORS, APPOINTMENTS, TERMS, AND OFFICERS|Section 39.21 - Nonpartisan offices.

39.21 Nonpartisan offices.   There shall be elected at each general election, on a nonpartisan basis, the following officers:   1. County public hospital trustees as required by section 347.25.   2. Soil and water conservation district commissioners as required by section 161A.5.   3. County agricultural extension council members as provided in section 176A.6.   4. Township officers as provided in section 39.22, subsection 2.  [C77, 79, 81, §39.21]  87 Acts, ch 23, §2; 90 Acts, ch 1149, §8; 93 Acts, ch 48, §10; 2001 Acts, ch 158, §6; 2005 Acts, ch 152, §1  Referred to in §49.31
IA Code § 39.24 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 39 - ELECTIONS, ELECTORS, APPOINTMENTS, TERMS, AND OFFICERS|Section 39.24 - School officers.

39.24 School officers.   Members of boards of directors of community and independent school districts, and boards of directors of merged areas shall be elected at the school election. Their terms of office shall be four years, except as otherwise provided by section 260C.11, 260C.13, 275.23A, 275.37, or 275.37A.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §39.24]  83 Acts, ch 77, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §1, 21  Directors, §274.7
IA Code § 39.25 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 39 - ELECTIONS, ELECTORS, APPOINTMENTS, TERMS, AND OFFICERS|Section 39.25 - Gender not a disqualification.

39.25 Gender not a disqualification.   A person shall not be disqualified on account of the person’s gender from holding any office created by the statutes of this state.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §526; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §39.25]  2020 Acts, ch 1063, §21  Section amended
IA Code § 39.26 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 39 - ELECTIONS, ELECTORS, APPOINTMENTS, TERMS, AND OFFICERS|Section 39.26 - Candidate qualifications.

39.26 Candidate qualifications.   Any person seeking election to an elective office under the laws of this state shall be an eligible elector at the time of any election at which the person’s name appears on the ballot.  2002 Acts, ch 1134, §3, 115
IA Code § 39.27 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 39 - ELECTIONS, ELECTORS, APPOINTMENTS, TERMS, AND OFFICERS|Section 39.27 - Qualifications for public office.

39.27 Qualifications for public office.   Any person elected to an office under the laws of this state shall be an eligible elector. At the time an elected official takes office the official shall be a resident of the state, district, county, township, city, or ward by or for which the person was elected, or in which the duties of the office are to be exercised. An elected official shall continue to be a resident of the state, district, county, township, city, or ward by or for which the person was elected, or in which the duties of the office are to be exercised for the duration of the term of office. This section shall not apply to United States senators or representatives in Congress or to members of the general assembly.  2002 Acts, ch 1134, §4, 115  Referred to in §45.5
IA Code § 39A.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 39A - ELECTION MISCONDUCT|Section 39A.1 - Title and purpose — election officials defined.

39A.1 Title and purpose — election officials defined.   1. This chapter may be cited and referred to as the “Election Misconduct and Penalties Act”.   2. The purpose of this chapter is to identify actions which threaten the integrity of the election process and to impose significant sanctions upon persons who intentionally commit those acts. It is the intent of the general assembly that offenses with the greatest potential to affect the election process be vigorously prosecuted and strong punishment meted out through the imposition of felony sanctions which, as a consequence, remove the voting rights of the offenders. Other offenses are still considered serious, but based on the factual context in which they arise, they may not rise to the level of offenses to which felony penalties attach. The general assembly also recognizes that instances may arise in which technical infractions of chapters 39 through 53 may occur which do not merit any level of criminal sanction. In such instances, administrative notice from the state or county commissioner of elections is sufficient. Mandates or proscriptions in chapters 39 through 53 which are not specifically included in this chapter shall be considered to be directive only, without criminal sanction.   3. For the purposes of this chapter, “election officials” include the state commissioner, the county commissioner, employees of the state commissioner and county commissioner who are responsible for carrying out functions or duties under chapters 39 through 53, and precinct election officials appointed pursuant to sections 49.12, 49.14, 49.18, and 53.23.  2002 Acts, ch 1071, §1
IA Code § 39A.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 39A - ELECTION MISCONDUCT|Section 39A.2 - Election misconduct in the first degree.

39A.2 Election misconduct in the first degree.   1. A person commits the crime of election misconduct in the first degree if the person willfully commits any of the following acts:   a. Registration fraud.   (1) Produces, procures, submits, or accepts a voter registration application that is known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, forged, or fraudulent.   (2) Falsely swears to an oath required pursuant to section 48A.7A.   b. Vote fraud.   (1) Destroys, delivers, or handles an application for a ballot or an absentee ballot with the intent of interfering with the voter’s right to vote.   (2) Produces, procures, submits, or accepts a ballot or an absentee ballot, or produces, procures, casts, accepts, or tabulates a ballot that is known by the person to be materially false, fictitious, forged, or fraudulent.   (3) Votes or attempts to vote more than once at the same election, or votes or attempts to vote at an election knowing oneself not to be qualified.   (4) Makes a false or untrue statement in an application for an absentee ballot or makes or signs a false certification or affidavit in connection with an absentee ballot.   (5) Otherwise deprives, defrauds, or attempts to deprive or defraud the citizens of this state of a fair and impartially conducted election process.   c. Duress. Intimidates, threatens, or coerces, or attempts to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, a person to do or to refrain from doing any of the following:   (1) To register to vote, to vote, or to attempt to register to vote.   (2) To urge or aid a person to register to vote, to vote, or to attempt to register to vote.   (3) To sign a petition nominating a candidate for public office or a petition requesting an election for which a petition may legally be submitted.   (4) To exercise a right under chapters 39 through 53.   d. Bribery.   (1) Pays, offers to pay, or causes to be paid money or any other thing of value to a person to influence the person’s vote.   (2) Pays, offers to pay, or causes to be paid money or any other thing of value to an election official conditioned on some act done or omitted to be done contrary to the person’s official duty in relation to an election.   (3) Receives money or any other thing of value knowing that it was given in violation of subparagraph (1) or (2).   e. Conspiracy. Conspires with or acts as an accessory with another to commit an act in violation of paragraphs “a” through “d”.   f. Voting equipment tampering. Intentionally alters or damages any computer software or any physical part of voting equipment, automatic tabulating equipment, or any other part of a voting system.   2. Election misconduct in the first degree is a class “D” felony.  2002 Acts, ch 1071, §2; 2007 Acts, ch 35, §1, 7; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §89, 90; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §3  Referred to in §49.11
IA Code § 39A.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 39A - ELECTION MISCONDUCT|Section 39A.3 - Election misconduct in the second degree.

39A.3 Election misconduct in the second degree.   1. A person commits the crime of election misconduct in the second degree if the person willfully commits any of the following acts:   a. Interference with validity of election.   (1) Possesses an official ballot outside of the voting room unless the person is an election official or other person authorized by law to possess such a ballot.   (2) Makes or possesses a counterfeit of an official election ballot.   (3) Solicits or encourages a person to vote in an election knowing that person is not qualified to vote in the election.   (4) Files a challenge containing false information under section 48A.14 or 49.79.   (5) Falsely or fraudulently signs nomination papers on behalf of another person.   b. Actions by election official. As an election official:   (1) Refuses to register a person who is entitled to register to vote under chapter 48A.   (2) Accepts a fee from an applicant applying for registration.   (3) While the polls are open, opens a ballot received from a voter, except as permitted by law.   (4) Marks a ballot by folding or otherwise so as to be able to recognize it.   (5) Attempts to learn how a voter marked a ballot.   (6) Causes a voter to cast a vote contrary to the voter’s intention.   (7) Changes a ballot, or in any way causes a vote to be recorded contrary to the intention of the person casting that vote.   (8) Allows a person to do any of the acts proscribed by subparagraphs (1) through (7).   c. Miscellaneous offenses. Uses voter registration information, including resale or redistribution of the voter registration list without written permission of the state registrar, for purposes other than those permitted by section 48A.39.   2. Election misconduct in the second degree is an aggravated misdemeanor.  2002 Acts, ch 1071, §3; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §83; 2019 Acts, ch 148, §6, 7, 33
IA Code § 39A.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 39A - ELECTION MISCONDUCT|Section 39A.5 - Election misconduct in the fourth degree.

39A.5 Election misconduct in the fourth degree.   1. A person commits the crime of election misconduct in the fourth degree if the person willfully commits any of the following acts:   a. Election day acts.   (1) As an employer, denying an employee the privilege conferred by section 49.109, or subjecting an employee to a penalty or reduction of wages because of the exercise of that privilege.   (2) Failing or refusing to comply with an order or command of an election official made pursuant to chapter 49 for which another penalty is not provided.   (3) Circulating, communicating, or attempting to circulate or communicate information with reference to the result of the counted ballots or making a compilation of vote subtotals before the polls are closed in violation of section 53.23.   (4) Destroying, defacing, tearing down, or removing a list of candidates, card of instruction, or sample ballot posted as provided by law prior to the closing of the polls.   (5) Removing or destroying the supplies or articles furnished for the purpose of enabling voters to prepare their ballots.   (6) Violating or attempting to violate any of the provisions or requirements of chapter 49 to which another penalty does not apply.   b. Miscellaneous offenses.   (1) As a public employee, acting in connection with an absentee ballot in violation of section 53.7.   (2) Violating any provision of chapter 53 for which another penalty is not provided.   (3) Violating any provision of chapter 48A for which another penalty is not provided.   2. Election misconduct in the fourth degree is a simple misdemeanor.  2002 Acts, ch 1071, §5; 2007 Acts, ch 59, §21, 38; 2007 Acts, ch 190, §14; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §84; 2010 Acts, ch 1060, §1; 2017 Acts, ch 110, §2
IA Code § 39A.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 39A - ELECTION MISCONDUCT|Section 39A.6 - Technical infractions — notice.

39A.6 Technical infractions — notice.   1. If the state commissioner or county commissioner becomes aware of an apparent technical violation of a provision of chapters 39 through 53, the state commissioner or county commissioner may administratively provide a written notice and letter of instruction to the responsible person regarding proper compliance procedures.   2. If the state commissioner sends a notice of such a technical infraction to a county commissioner, the state commissioner may require a written explanation of the occurrence, and measures that the person took to redress the issues contained within the notice.   3. This notice is not a final determination of facts or law in the matter, and does not entitle a person to a proceeding under chapter 17A.  2002 Acts, ch 1071, §6; 2019 Acts, ch 148, §9, 33
IA Code § 40.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 40 - CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS|Section 40.1 - Congressional districts.

40.1 Congressional districts.   The state of Iowa is hereby organized and divided into four congressional districts, which shall be composed, respectively, of the following counties:   1. The first district shall consist of the counties of Worth, Mitchell, Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Bremer, Fayette, Clayton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Marshall, Tama, Benton, Linn, Jones, Jackson, Poweshiek, and Iowa.   2. The second district shall consist of the counties of Jasper, Johnson, Cedar, Clinton, Marion, Mahaska, Keokuk, Washington, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Clarke, Lucas, Monroe, Wapello, Jefferson, Henry, Des Moines, Decatur, Wayne, Appanoose, Davis, Van Buren, and Lee.   3. The third district shall consist of the counties of Guthrie, Dallas, Polk, Pottawattamie, Cass, Adair, Madison, Warren, Mills, Montgomery, Adams, Union, Fremont, Page, Taylor, and Ringgold.   4. The fourth district shall consist of the counties of Lyon, Osceola, Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth, Winnebago, Sioux, O’Brien, Clay, Palo Alto, Hancock, Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Chickasaw, Plymouth, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Pocahontas, Humboldt, Wright, Franklin, Butler, Woodbury, Ida, Sac, Calhoun, Webster, Hamilton, Hardin, Grundy, Monona, Crawford, Carroll, Greene, Boone, Story, Harrison, Shelby, and Audubon.  [C27, 31, 35, §526-a1; C39, §526.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §40.1; 81 Acts 2d Ex, ch 1, §1]  91 Acts, ch 223, §1  ; 2001 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 1, §1, 6  ; 2011 Acts, ch 76, §1, 6  Referred to in §15.105, 15F.102, 303.4  Constitutional provision, Iowa Constitution, Art. III, §37  Membership beginning in 2013; see  2011 Acts, ch 76, §3, 4
IA Code § 42.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 42 - REDISTRICTING GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS|Section 42.1 - Definitions.

42.1 Definitions.   As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:   1. “Chief election officer” means the state commissioner of elections as defined by section 47.1.   2. “Commission” means the temporary redistricting advisory commission established pursuant to this chapter.   3. “Federal census” means the decennial census required by federal law to be conducted by the United States bureau of the census in every year ending in zero.   4. “Four selecting authorities” means:   a. The majority floor leader of the state senate.   b. The minority floor leader of the state senate.   c. The majority floor leader of the state house of representatives.   d. The minority floor leader of the state house of representatives.   5. “Partisan public office” means:   a. An elective or appointive office in the executive or legislative branch or in an independent establishment of the federal government.   b. An elective office in the executive or legislative branch of the government of this state, or an office which is filled by appointment and is exempt from the merit system under section 8A.412.   c. An office of a county, city or other political subdivision of this state which is filled by an election process involving nomination and election of candidates on a partisan basis.   6. “Plan” means a plan for legislative and congressional reapportionment drawn up pursuant to the requirements of this chapter.   7. “Political party office” means an elective office in the national or state organization of a political party, as defined by section 43.2.   8. “Relative” means an individual who is related to the person in question as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, grandfather, grandmother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother or half sister.  [C81, §42.1]  2003 Acts, ch 145, §151
IA Code § 42.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES|Chapter 42 - REDISTRICTING GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS|Section 42.2 - Preparations for redistricting.

42.2 Preparations for redistricting.   1. The legislative services agency shall acquire appropriate information, review and evaluate available facilities, and develop programs and procedures in preparation for drawing congressional and legislative redistricting plans on the basis of each federal census. Funds shall be expended for the purchase or lease of equipment and materials only with prior approval of the legislative council.   2. By December 31 of each year ending in zero, the legislative services agency shall obtain from the United States bureau of the census information regarding geographic and political units in this state for which federal census population data has been gathered and will be tabulated. The legislative services agency shall use the data so obtained to:   a. Prepare necessary descriptions of geographic and political units for which census data will be reported, and which are suitable for use as components of legislative districts.   b. Prepare maps of counties, cities and other geographic units within the state, which may be used to illustrate the locations of legislative district boundaries proposed in plans drawn in accordance with section 42.4.   3. As soon as possible after January 1 of each year ending in one, the legislative services agency shall obtain from the United States bureau of the census the population data needed for legislative districting which the census bureau is required to provide this state under United States Pub. L. No. 94-171, and shall use that data to assign a population figure based upon certified federal census data to each geographic or political unit described pursuant to subsection 2, paragraph “a”. Upon completing that task, the legislative services agency shall begin the preparation of congressional and legislative districting plans as required by section 42.3.   4. Upon each delivery by the legislative services agency to the general assembly of a bill embodying a plan, pursuant to section 42.3, the legislative services agency shall at the earliest feasible time make available to the public the following information:   a. Copies of the bill delivered by the legislative services agency to the general assembly.   b. Maps illustrating the plan.   c. A summary of the standards prescribed by section 42.4 for development of the plan.   d. A statement of the population of each district included in the plan, and the relative deviation of each district population from the ideal district population.  [C81, §42.2]  2003 Acts, ch 35, §44, 49; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §33; 2007 Acts, ch 78, §1