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Section 49.1 - Elections included. - 49.1 Elections included. The provisions of this chapter shall apply...
Section 49.2 - Oversight by the state commissioner. - 49.2 Oversight by the state commissioner. The state commissioner, or...
Section 49.3 - Election precincts and districts. - 49.3 Election precincts and districts. 1. Election precincts shall be...
Section 49.4 - Precincts drawn by county board. - 49.4 Precincts drawn by county board. Where action by the...
Section 49.5 - City precincts. - 49.5 City precincts. 1. As used in this section: a....
Section 49.6 - Power to combine township and city precincts. - 49.6 Power to combine township and city precincts. Election precincts...
Section 49.7 - Reprecincting schedule and filing requirements. - 49.7 Reprecincting schedule and filing requirements. 1. Where reprecincting is...
Section 49.8 - Changes in precincts. - 49.8 Changes in precincts. After any required changes in precinct...
Section 49.9 - Proper place of voting. - 49.9 Proper place of voting. Except as provided in section...
Section 49.10 - Polling places for certain precincts. - 49.10 Polling places for certain precincts. 1. Polling places for...
Section 49.11 - Notice of boundaries of precincts — merger or division. - 49.11 Notice of boundaries of precincts — merger or division....
Section 49.12 - Election boards. - 49.12 Election boards. There shall be appointed in each election...
Section 49.13 - Commissioner to appoint members, chairperson. - 49.13 Commissioner to appoint members, chairperson. 1. The membership of...
Section 49.14 - Substitute precinct election officials. - 49.14 Substitute precinct election officials. 1. The commissioner may appoint...
Section 49.15 - Commissioner to draw up election board panel. - 49.15 Commissioner to draw up election board panel. 1. Not...
Section 49.16 - Tenure of election board panel. - 49.16 Tenure of election board panel. Each person whose name...
Section 49.18 - Vacancies occurring on election day. - 49.18 Vacancies occurring on election day. If, at the opening...
Section 49.19 - Unpaid officials, paper ballots optional for certain city elections. - 49.19 Unpaid officials, paper ballots optional for certain city elections....
Section 49.20 - Compensation of members. - 49.20 Compensation of members. The members of election boards shall...
Section 49.21 - Polling places — accessibility — signs. - 49.21 Polling places — accessibility — signs. 1. a. It...
Section 49.23 - Notice of change. - 49.23 Notice of change. When a change is made from...
Section 49.24 - Schoolhouses as polling places. - 49.24 Schoolhouses as polling places. In precincts outside of cities...
Section 49.25 - Equipment required at polling places. - 49.25 Equipment required at polling places. 1. The commissioner shall...
Section 49.26 - Commissioner to decide method of voting — counting of ballots. - 49.26 Commissioner to decide method of voting — counting of...
Section 49.28 - Commissioner to furnish registers and supplies. - 49.28 Commissioner to furnish registers and supplies. 1. The commissioner...
Section 49.29 - Voting by ballot or machine. - 49.29 Voting by ballot or machine. Repealed by 97 Acts,...
Section 49.30 - All candidates and issues on one ballot — exceptions. - 49.30 All candidates and issues on one ballot — exceptions....
Section 49.31 - Arrangement of names on ballot — restrictions. - 49.31 Arrangement of names on ballot — restrictions. 1. a....
Section 49.32 - Candidates for president in place of electors. - 49.32 Candidates for president in place of electors. The candidates...
Section 49.33 - Single voting target for certain paired offices. - 49.33 Single voting target for certain paired offices. Immediately opposite...
Section 49.35 - Order of arranging tickets on lever voting machine ballot. - 49.35 Order of arranging tickets on lever voting machine ballot....
Section 49.36 - Candidates of nonparty organization. - 49.36 Candidates of nonparty organization. The term “group of petitioners”...
Section 49.37 - Arrangement of ballot. - 49.37 Arrangement of ballot. 1. For general elections, and for...
Section 49.38 - Candidate’s name to appear but once. - 49.38 Candidate’s name to appear but once. The name of...
Section 49.39 - Dual nomination. - 49.39 Dual nomination. When two or more political parties, or...
Section 49.40 - Failure to designate. - 49.40 Failure to designate. If the designation referred to in...
Section 49.41 - More than one office prohibited. - 49.41 More than one office prohibited. 1. a. A person...
Section 49.42 - Form of official ballot. - 49.42 Form of official ballot. Repealed by 97 Acts, ch...
Section 49.42A - Form of official ballot. - 49.42A Form of official ballot. Repealed by 2009 Acts, ch...
Section 49.42B - Form of official ballot — candidates for president and vice president. - 49.42B Form of official ballot — candidates for president and...
Section 49.43 - Constitutional amendment or other public measure. - 49.43 Constitutional amendment or other public measure. 1. If possible,...
Section 49.44 - Summary. - 49.44 Summary. 1. When a proposed constitutional amendment or other...
Section 49.45 - General form of ballot. - 49.45 General form of ballot. Ballots referred to in section...
Section 49.46 - Marking ballots on public measures. - 49.46 Marking ballots on public measures. The elector shall designate...
Section 49.47 - Notice on ballots. - 49.47 Notice on ballots. 1. At the top of paper...
Section 49.48 - Notice for judicial officers and constitutional amendments. - 49.48 Notice for judicial officers and constitutional amendments. The state...
Section 49.49 - Certain sample ballots prohibited. - 49.49 Certain sample ballots prohibited. The commissioner and state commissioner...
Section 49.50 - Endorsement and delivery of ballots. - 49.50 Endorsement and delivery of ballots. Ballots on such public...
Section 49.51 - Commissioner to control printing. - 49.51 Commissioner to control printing. The commissioner shall have charge...
Section 49.53 - Publication of ballot and notice. - 49.53 Publication of ballot and notice. 1. The commissioner shall...
Section 49.54 - Cost of publication. - 49.54 Cost of publication. The cost of the publication required...
Section 49.55 - Delivery of supplies to officials. - 49.55 Delivery of supplies to officials. In all cases the...
Section 49.56 - Maximum cost of printing. - 49.56 Maximum cost of printing. The cost of printing the...
Section 49.57 - Method and style of printing ballots. - 49.57 Method and style of printing ballots. Ballots shall be...
Section 49.57A - Form of official ballot — implementation by rule. - 49.57A Form of official ballot — implementation by rule. The...
Section 49.58 - Effect of death of certain candidates. - 49.58 Effect of death of certain candidates. 1. If any...
Section 49.63 - Time of printing — inspection and correction. - 49.63 Time of printing — inspection and correction. Ballots shall...
Section 49.64 - Number of ballots delivered. - 49.64 Number of ballots delivered. The commissioner shall cause ballots...
Section 49.65 - Packing ballots — delivery — receipts — records. - 49.65 Packing ballots — delivery — receipts — records. The...
Section 49.66 - Reserve supply of ballots. - 49.66 Reserve supply of ballots. The commissioner shall provide and...
Section 49.67 - Form of reserve supply. - 49.67 Form of reserve supply. 1. The number of reserve...
Section 49.68 - State commissioner to furnish instructions. - 49.68 State commissioner to furnish instructions. 1. The state commissioner...
Section 49.70 - Precinct election officials furnished instructions. - 49.70 Precinct election officials furnished instructions. The commissioner shall cause...
Section 49.71 - Posting instruction cards and sample ballots. - 49.71 Posting instruction cards and sample ballots. The precinct election...
Section 49.72 - Absentee voters designated before polling place opened. - 49.72 Absentee voters designated before polling place opened. The commissioner...
Section 49.73 - Time of opening and closing polls. - 49.73 Time of opening and closing polls. 1. At all...
Section 49.74 - Voters entitled to vote after closing time. - 49.74 Voters entitled to vote after closing time. Every voter...
Section 49.75 - Oath. - 49.75 Oath. Before opening the polls, each of the board...
Section 49.76 - How administered. - 49.76 How administered. Any one of the precinct election officials...
Section 49.77 - Ballot furnished to voter. - 49.77 Ballot furnished to voter. 1. The board members of...
Section 49.78 - Voter identity and signature verification. - 49.78 Voter identity and signature verification. 1. To ensure the...
Section 49.79 - Challenges. - 49.79 Challenges. 1. Any person offering to vote may be...
Section 49.80 - Examination on challenge. - 49.80 Examination on challenge. 1. When the status of any...
Section 49.81 - Procedure for voter to cast provisional ballot. - 49.81 Procedure for voter to cast provisional ballot. 1. A...
Section 49.82 - Voter to receive one ballot — endorsement. - 49.82 Voter to receive one ballot — endorsement. When an...
Section 49.83 - Names to be marked on election register. - 49.83 Names to be marked on election register. The name...
Section 49.84 - Marking and return of ballot. - 49.84 Marking and return of ballot. 1. a. After receiving...
Section 49.85 - Depositing ballots. - 49.85 Depositing ballots. One of the precinct election officials shall...
Section 49.86 - Failure to vote — surrender of ballot. - 49.86 Failure to vote — surrender of ballot. Any voter...
Section 49.87 - Prohibited ballot — taking ballot from polling place. - 49.87 Prohibited ballot — taking ballot from polling place. No...
Section 49.88 - Limitation on persons in booth and time for voting. - 49.88 Limitation on persons in booth and time for voting....
Section 49.89 - Selection of officials to assist voters. - 49.89 Selection of officials to assist voters. At, or before,...
Section 49.90 - Assisting voter. - 49.90 Assisting voter. Any voter who may declare upon oath...
Section 49.91 - Assistance indicated on register. - 49.91 Assistance indicated on register. The precinct election officials shall...
Section 49.92 - Voting mark. - 49.92 Voting mark. The instructions appearing on the ballot shall...
Section 49.93 - Number of votes for each office. - 49.93 Number of votes for each office. For an office...
Section 49.94 - How to mark a straight ticket. - 49.94 How to mark a straight ticket. Repealed by 2017...
Section 49.95 - Voting part of ticket only. - 49.95 Voting part of ticket only. Repealed by 2017 Acts,...
Section 49.96 - Offices with more than one person to be elected. - 49.96 Offices with more than one person to be elected....
Section 49.97 - How to mark a mixed ticket. - 49.97 How to mark a mixed ticket. Repealed by 2017...
Section 49.98 - Counting ballots. - 49.98 Counting ballots. The ballots shall be counted according to...
Section 49.99 - Writing name on ballot. - 49.99 Writing name on ballot. 1. The voter may also...
Section 49.100 - Spoiled ballots. - 49.100 Spoiled ballots. A voter who spoils a ballot may...
Section 49.101 - Defective or wrong ballot does not nullify vote. - 49.101 Defective or wrong ballot does not nullify vote. No...
Section 49.102 - Defective ballots. - 49.102 Defective ballots. Ballots containing a defect described in section...
Section 49.103 - Wrong ballots. - 49.103 Wrong ballots. Ballots containing an error described in section...
Section 49.104 - Persons permitted at polling places. - 49.104 Persons permitted at polling places. 1. The following persons...
Section 49.105 - Ordering arrest. - 49.105 Ordering arrest. Any precinct election official shall order the...
Section 49.107 - Prohibited acts on election day. - 49.107 Prohibited acts on election day. Repealed by 2002 Acts,...
Section 49.109 - Employees entitled to time to vote. - 49.109 Employees entitled to time to vote. Any person entitled...
Section 49.110 - 49.110 Repealed by 2002 Acts, ch 1071, §15 . See...
Section 49.111 - 49.111 Repealed by 2002 Acts, ch 1071, §15 . See...
Section 49.113 - Official neglect or misconduct. - 49.113 Official neglect or misconduct. Repealed by 2002 Acts, ch...
Section 49.119 - Penalty. - 49.119 Penalty. Repealed by 2002 Acts, ch 1071, §15 ....
Section 49.120 - Promise of position. - 49.120 Promise of position. It shall be unlawful for any...
Section 49.121 - Promise of influence. - 49.121 Promise of influence. It shall be unlawful for any...
Section 49.123 - Courthouse open on election day. - 49.123 Courthouse open on election day. The courthouse of each...
Section 49.124 - Training course by commissioner — continuing education program. - 49.124 Training course by commissioner — continuing education program. 1....
Section 49.125 - Compensation of trainees. - 49.125 Compensation of trainees. All election personnel attending such training...
Section 49.126 - Manual by state commissioner. - 49.126 Manual by state commissioner. It shall be the duty...
Section 49.127 - Commissioner to examine equipment. - 49.127 Commissioner to examine equipment. It shall be the duty...
Section 49.128 - Commissioner filings and notifications. - 49.128 Commissioner filings and notifications. 1. No later than twenty...