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49.30 All candidates on one ballot---exceptions.

The names of all candidates to be voted for in each election precinct, other than presidential electors, shall be printed on one ballot, except that separate ballots are authorized under the following circumstances:

1. For judicial elections, separate ballots or headings shall be used as required by section 46.22.

2. At an election where voting machines are used, and it is impossible to place the names of all candidates on the machine ballot, the commissioner may provide a separate paper ballot for the candidates for judge of the district court and the township offices, or either; one of the paper ballots shall be furnished to each registered voter.

3. Separate paper ballots may be used for the election of township officers in precincts including both incorporated and unincorporated areas.

Section History: Early form

[C51, § 256; R60, § 491; C73, § 616; C97, § 1106; S13, § 1106; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 748; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 49.30]

Section History: Recent form

90 Acts, ch 1238, §17; 94 Acts, ch 1169, §64

Internal References

Referred to in § 49.31, 52.10


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