Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 721 - Secretary of State › Division II - Elections › Chapter 21 - Election Forms and Instructions › Rule 721-21.201 - Competing Nominations by Nonparty Political Organizations

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Nominations by convention and by
				petitions.
If one or more nomination petitions are received from
				nonparty political organization candidates for an office for which the same
				organization has also nominated one candidate by convention, the candidate
				nominated by convention shall be considered the nominee of the organization.
				The names of the other candidates shall appear on the ballot as candidates
				"nominated by petition," and those candidates shall be notified in writing not
				later than seven days after the close of the filing period.
(2)
Multiple nomination
				petitions.
If nomination petitions are received from more than one
				candidate from the same nonparty political organization for the same office and
				the organization has not nominated a candidate for the office by convention,
				the name of each of these candidates shall be written on a separate piece of
				paper, all of which shall be as nearly uniform in size and material as possible
				and placed in a receptacle so that the names cannot be seen. On the next
				working day following the close of the nomination period, all affected
				candidates shall be notified of the time and place of the drawing. The
				candidates shall be invited to attend or to send a representative. In the
				presence of witnesses, the state commissioner of elections or the county
				commissioner, as appropriate, or a designee of the state or county
				commissioner, shall publicly draw one of the names; and that person shall be
				declared to be the nominee of the nonparty political organization. The names of
				the other candidates shall appear on the ballot as candidates "nominated by
				petition." A copy of the written record of the result of the drawing shall be
				kept with the nomination petition of each affected candidate, and each
				candidate shall be sent a copy for the candidate's records not later than seven
				days after the close of the filing period.
(3)
Multiple nomination
				certificates.
If more than one nomination certificate is received for
				the same office from groups with the same nonparty political organization name,
				the name of each of these candidates shall be written on a separate piece of
				paper, all of which shall be as nearly uniform in size and material as possible
				and placed in a receptacle so that the names cannot be seen. On the next
				working day following the close of the nomination period, all affected
				candidates shall be notified of the time and place of the drawing. The
				candidates shall be invited to attend or to send a representative. In the
				presence of witnesses, the state commissioner of elections or the county
				commissioner, as appropriate, or a designee of the state or county
				commissioner, shall publicly draw one of the names; and that person shall be
				declared to be the nominee of the nonparty political organization. The names of
				the other candidates, including any candidate who filed nomination petitions,
				shall appear on the ballot as candidates "nominated by petition." A copy of the
				written record of the result of the drawing shall be kept with the nomination
				certificate of each affected candidate, and each candidate shall be sent a copy
				for the candidate's records not later than seven days after the close of the
				filing period.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  44.17.