49.45  General form of ballot.

Ballots referred to in section 49.43 shall be substantially in the following form: 

Shall the following amendment to the Constitution (or public measure) be adopted? 

[ ]  Yes                                                                                                                    

[ ]  No 

(Here insert the summary, if it is for a constitutional amendment or statewide public measure, and in full the proposed constitutional amendment or public measure. The number assigned by the state commissioner or the letter assigned by the county commissioner shall be included on the ballot centered above the question, "Shall the following amendment to the Constitution [or public measure] be adopted?".)

Section History: Early form

  [C97, § 1106; S13, § 1106; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 763; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, § 49.45; 81 Acts, ch 34, § 28]

Section History: Recent form

  97 Acts, ch 170, § 41

Internal References

  Referred to in § 145A.7, 468.184, 468.259

Footnotes

  Constitution, Art. X, § 1

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