44.7 Hearing before commissioner.
Except as otherwise provided in section 44.8, objections filed with the commissioner shall be considered by the county auditor, county treasurer, and county attorney, and a majority decision shall be final. However, if the objection is to the certificate of nomination of one or more of the above named county officers, the officer or officers objected to shall not pass upon the objection, but their places shall be filled, respectively, by the chairperson of the board of supervisors, the sheriff, and the county recorder. Objections relating to incorrect or incomplete information for information that is required under section 44.3 shall be sustained.
[C97, §1103; C24, §654; C27, 31, 35, §655-a7; C39, §655.07; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §44.7]
83 Acts, ch 186, §10016, 10201; 2014 Acts, ch 1101, §3; 2021 Acts, ch 147, §16, 54
Referred to in §331.306, 331.505, 331.552, 331.602, 331.756(13)
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Structure Iowa Code
Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES
Chapter 44 - NOMINATIONS BY NONPARTY POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS
Section 44.1 - Nonparty political organizations.
Section 44.2 - Nominations certified.
Section 44.4 - Nominations and objections — time and place of filing.
Section 44.5 - Notice of objections.
Section 44.6 - Hearing before state commissioner.
Section 44.7 - Hearing before commissioner.
Section 44.8 - Hearing before mayor.
Section 44.10 - Effect of withdrawal.
Section 44.11 - Vacancies filled.
Section 44.12 - Insufficient time for convention.
Section 44.13 - Certificates in matter of vacancies.
Section 44.14 - Filing of certificates.
Section 44.15 - Presumption of validity.
Section 44.16 - Return of papers — additions not allowed.