52.25 Summary of amendment or public measure.
1. The question of a constitutional convention, amendments, and public measures including bond issues may be voted on ballots in the following manner:
a. The entire convention question, amendment, or public measure shall be printed and displayed prominently in at least one place within the voting precinct, and inside each voting booth, the printing to be in conformity with the provisions of chapter 49.
b. The question, amendment, or measure, and summaries thereof, shall be printed on the ballots. In no case shall the font size be less than ten point type.
2. The public measure shall be summarized by the commissioner, except that:
a. In the case of the question of a constitutional convention, or of an amendment or measure to be voted on in the entire state, the summary shall be worded by the state commissioner of elections as required by section 49.44.
b. In the case of a public question to be voted on in a political subdivision lying in more than one county, the summary shall be worded by the controlling commissioner under section 47.2 for that election.
[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §52.25]
88 Acts, ch 1119, §25; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §52, 115; 2007 Acts, ch 59, §16, 19; 2007 Acts, ch 190, §32; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §56; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §15; 2017 Acts, ch 155, §30, 44
Referred to in §49.43, 364.2
Structure Iowa Code
Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES
Section 52.1 - Voting systems — definitions.
Section 52.2 - Optical scan voting system required.
Section 52.3 - Terms of purchase — tax levy.
Section 52.4 - Examiners — term — removal.
Section 52.5 - Testing and examination of voting equipment.
Section 52.7 - Construction of machine approved — requirements.
Section 52.8 - Experimental use.
Section 52.11 - Locking of unused party row.
Section 52.12 - Exception — straight party voting.
Section 52.13 - Sample ballots.
Section 52.14 - Two sets of ballots.
Section 52.15 - Delivery of ballots and supplies.
Section 52.16 - Duties of election officers — independent ballots.
Section 52.20 - Injury to machine.
Section 52.21 - Canvass of vote — tally sheet.
Section 52.22 - Locking machine.
Section 52.23 - Written statements of election.
Section 52.24 - Separate ballots.
Section 52.25 - Summary of amendment or public measure.
Section 52.26 - Authorized optical scan voting system.
Section 52.27 - Commissioner to provide optical scan voting equipment.
Section 52.28 - Optical scan voting system ballot forms.
Section 52.29 - Optical scan voting system sample ballots.
Section 52.30 - Procedure where votes cast on ballot cards.
Section 52.31 - Procedure where votes cast on optical scan ballots.
Section 52.32 - Procedure upon closing polls.
Section 52.33 - Absentee voting by optical scan voting system.
Section 52.34 - Counting center established.
Section 52.35 - Equipment tested.
Section 52.36 - Commissioner in charge of counting center — appointment of resolution board.
Section 52.37 - Special precinct tabulation procedure.
Section 52.38 - Testing portable tabulating devices.
Section 52.40 - Early pick-up sites established — procedure.
Section 52.41 - Electronic transmission of election results.