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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 46.21, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1 2 1995, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 At least sixty-nine days before each judicial election, the 1 4 state commissioner of elections shall certify to the county 1 5 commissioner of elections of each county a list of the judges 1 6 of the supreme court, court of appeals, and district court 1 7 including district associate judges, and clerks of the 1 8 district court to be voted on in each county at that election. 1 9 The county commissioner of elections shall place the names 1 10 upon the ballot in the order in which they appear in the 1 11 certificate, unless only one county is voting thereon.The1 12state commissioner of elections shall rotate the names in the1 13certificate by county, or the county commissioner of elections1 14shall rotate them upon the ballot by precinct if only one1 15county is voting thereon.The names of all judges and clerks 1 16 to be voted on shall be placed upon one ballot, which shall be 1 17 in substantially the following form: 1 18 Sec. 2. Section 49.31, subsection 2, Code 1995, is amended 1 19 by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the 1 20 following: 1 21 2. The commissioner shall determine, by lot, the arrange- 1 22 ment of candidates' names on the election ballot for offices 1 23 to which more than one person is to be elected at large. The 1 24 same ballot arrangement shall be used for each election 1 25 precinct as applicable. 1 26 Sec. 3. Section 49.31, subsection 6, Code 1995, is amended 1 27 by striking the subsection. 1 28 Sec. 4. Section 49.53, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1995, 1 29 is amended to read as follows: 1 30 The commissioner shall not less than four nor more than 1 31 twenty days before the day of each election, except those for 1 32 which different publication requirements are prescribed by 1 33 law, publish notice of the election. The notice shall contain 1 34 a facsimile of the portion of the ballotcontaining the first1 35rotationas prescribed by section 49.31, subsection 2, and 2 1 shall show the names of all candidates or nominees and the 2 2 office each seeks, and all public questions, to be voted upon 2 3 at the election. The sample ballot published as a part of the 2 4 notice may at the discretion of the commissioner be reduced in 2 5 size relative to the actual ballot but such reduction shall 2 6 not cause upper case letters appearing on the published sample 2 7 ballot to be less than five thirty-sixths of an inch high in 2 8 candidates' names or in summaries of public measures. The 2 9 notice shall also state the date of the election, the hours 2 10 the polls will be open, the location of each polling place at 2 11 which voting is to occur in the election, the location of the 2 12 polling places designated as early ballot pick-up sites, and 2 13 the names of the precincts voting at each polling place, but 2 14 the statement need not set forth any fact which is apparent 2 15 from the portion of the ballot appearing as a part of the same 2 16 notice. The notice shall include the full text of all public 2 17 measures to be voted upon at the election. 2 18 Sec. 5. Section 49.57, subsection 5, Code 1995, is amended 2 19 to read as follows: 2 20 5. On the outside of the ballot, so as to appear when 2 21 folded, shall be printed the words "Official ballot",a2 22designation of the ballot rotation, if any,the date of the 2 23 election, and a facsimile of the signature of the commissioner 2 24 who has caused the ballot to be printed pursuant to section 2 25 49.51. 2 26 EXPLANATION 2 27 This bill strikes the requirement that names of candidates 2 28 are rotated on election ballots. The candidates' position on 2 29 the election ballot for offices to which more than one person 2 30 is to be elected, will be determined by lot. 2 31 LSB 2256SV 76 2 32 tj/jw/5
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