44.8 Hearing before mayor.
1. Objections filed with the city clerk pursuant to section 362.4 or with the commissioner for an elective city office shall be considered by the mayor and clerk and one member of the council chosen by the council by ballot, and a majority decision shall be final. However, if the objection is to the certificate of nomination of either of those city officials, that official shall not pass upon the objection, but the official’s place shall be filled by a member of the council against whom no such objection exists, chosen as above provided.
2. The hearing shall be held within twenty-four hours of the receipt of the objection if a primary election must be held for the office sought by the candidate against whom the objection has been filed.
3. 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-a8; C39, §655.08; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §44.8]
88 Acts, ch 1119, §9; 2014 Acts, ch 1101, §4; 2021 Acts, ch 147, §17, 54
Referred to in §44.7, 362.4, 376.4
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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.