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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 43.7, Code 1999, is amended to read as 1 2 follows: 1 3 43.7 TIME OF HOLDING. 1 4 The primary election by all political parties shall be held 1 5 at the usual voting places of the several precincts on the 1 6 first Tuesday after the first Monday inJuneSeptember in each 1 7 even-numbered year. 1 8 Sec. 2. Section 43.73, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1999, 1 9 is amended to read as follows: 1 10 Not less thansixty-nineforty days before the general 1 11 election the state commissioner shall certify to each 1 12 commissioner, under separate party headings, the name of each 1 13 person nominated as shown by the official canvass made by the 1 14 executive council, or as certified to the state commissioner 1 15 by the proper persons when any person has been nominated by a 1 16 convention or by a party committee, or by petition, the office 1 17 to which the person is nominated, and the order in which 1 18 federal and state offices, judges, constitutional amendments, 1 19 and state public measures shall appear on the official ballot. 1 20 Sec. 3. Section 43.76, Code 1999, is amended to read as 1 21 follows: 1 22 43.76 WITHDRAWAL OF NOMINATED CANDIDATES. 1 23 1. A candidate nominated in a primary election for any 1 24 office for which nomination papers are required to be filed 1 25 with the state commissioner may withdraw as a nominee for that 1 26 office on or before, but not later than, theeighty-ninth1 27 forty-second day before the date of the general election by so 1 28 notifying the state commissioner in writing. 1 29 2. A candidate nominated in a primary election for any 1 30 office for which nomination papers are required to be filed 1 31 with the commissioner may withdraw as a nominee for that 1 32 office on or before, but not later than, theseventy-fourth1 33 fifty-fifth day before the date of the general election by so 1 34 notifying the commissioner in writing. 1 35 Sec. 4. Section 43.78, subsections 2 and 3, Code 1999, are 2 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2 2. The name of any candidate designated to fill a vacancy 2 3 on the general election ballot in accordance with subsection 2 4 1, paragraph "a", "b", or "c", shall be submitted in writing 2 5 to the state commissioner not later than fiveo'clockp.m. on 2 6 theeighty-firstforty-first day before the date of the 2 7 general election. 2 8 3. The name of any candidate designated to fill a vacancy 2 9 on the general election ballot in accordance with subsection 2 10 1, paragraph "d", "e", or "f", shall be submitted in writing 2 11 to the commissioner not later than fiveo'clockp.m. on the 2 12sixty-ninthfifty-fourth day before the date of the general 2 13 election. 2 14 Sec. 5. Section 43.79, Code 1999, is amended to read as 2 15 follows: 2 16 43.79 DEATH OF CANDIDATE AFTER TIME FOR WITHDRAWAL. 2 17 The death of a candidate nominated as provided by law for 2 18 any office to be filled at a general election, during the 2 19 period beginning on theeighty-eighththirty-fifth day before 2 20 the general election, in the case of any candidate whose 2 21 nomination papers were filed with the state commissioner, or 2 22 beginning on theseventy-thirdfortieth day before the general 2 23 election, in the case of any candidate whose nomination papers 2 24 were filed with the commissioner, and ending on the last day 2 25 before the general election shall not operate to remove the 2 26 deceased candidate's name from the general election ballot. 2 27 If the deceased candidate was seeking the office of senator or 2 28 representative in the Congress of the United States, governor, 2 29 attorney general, senator or representative in the general 2 30 assembly or county supervisor, section 49.58 shall control. 2 31 If the deceased candidate was seeking any other office, and as 2 32 a result of the candidate's death a vacancy is subsequently 2 33 found to exist, the vacancy shall be filled as provided by 2 34 chapter 69. 2 35 Sec. 6. Section 50.48, subsection 4, unnumbered paragraph 3 1 3, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 3 2 The ballots or voting machine documents shall be resealed 3 3 by the recount board before adjournment and shall be preserved 3 4 as required by section 50.12. At the conclusion of the 3 5 recount, the recount board shall make and file with the 3 6 commissioner a written report of its findings, which shall be 3 7 signed by at least two members of the recount board. The 3 8 recount board shall complete the recount and file its report 3 9 not later than theeighteenthtwenty-seventh day following the 3 10 county board's canvass of the election in question. 3 11 Sec. 7. Section 53.2, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1999, 3 12 is amended to read as follows: 3 13 Any registered voter, under the circumstances specified in 3 14 section 53.1, may on any day, except election day, and not 3 15 more thanseventyforty daysprior tobefore the date of the 3 16 general election and not more than seventy days before the 3 17 date of other elections, apply in person for an absentee 3 18 ballot at the commissioner's office or at any location 3 19 designated by the commissioner, or make written application to 3 20 the commissioner for an absentee ballot. The state 3 21 commissioner shall prescribe a form for absentee ballot 3 22 applications. However, if a registered voter submits an 3 23 application that includes all of the information required in 3 24 this section, the prescribed form is not required. Absentee 3 25 ballot applications may include instructions to send the 3 26 application directly to the county commissioner of elections. 3 27 However, no absentee ballot application shall be preaddressed 3 28 or printed with instructions to send the applications to 3 29 anyone other than the appropriate commissioner. 3 30 Sec. 8. Section 53.39, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1999, 3 31 is amended to read as follows: 3 32 All official ballots to be voted by qualified absent voters 3 33 in the armed forces of the United States at the primary 3 34 election and the general election shall be printedprior to3 35fortyat least ten days before the respective elections and 4 1 shall be available for transmittal tosuchthe qualified 4 2 voters in the armed forces of the United States at leastforty4 3 ten days before the respective elections and shall be accepted 4 4 until thirty days after the election. The provisions of this 4 5 chapter apply to absent voting by qualified voters in the 4 6 armed forces of the United States except as modified by the 4 7 provisions of this division. 4 8 Sec. 9. Section 277.1, Code 1999, is amended to read as 4 9 follows: 4 10 277.1 REGULAR ELECTION. 4 11 The regular election shall be held annually on the second 4 12 Tuesday in September in each school district for the election 4 13 of officers of the district and merged area and for the 4 14 purpose of submitting to the voters any matter authorized by 4 15 law. However, if the regular election falls on the same day 4 16 as the primary election, the regular election shall be held 4 17 the following Tuesday. 4 18 Sec. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY DATE. This Act 4 19 takes effect January 1, 2002, and applies to primary elections 4 20 held after that date. 4 21 EXPLANATION 4 22 This bill provides that the date of the primary election by 4 23 all political parties shall be held on the first Tuesday after 4 24 the first Monday in September rather than June in each even- 4 25 numbered year. If the primary election falls on the same day 4 26 as a regular school board election, the regular school 4 27 election shall be held the following Tuesday. The dates for 4 28 other deadlines related to the date of the primary election 4 29 are accordingly changed. Additional corresponding changes to 4 30 the Code may be required. 4 31 The bill takes effect January 1, 2002, and applies to 4 32 primary elections held after that date. 4 33 LSB 5765SS 78 4 34 sc/as/5.1
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