49.12  Election boards.

There shall be appointed in each election precinct an election board which shall ordinarily consist of three or five precinct election officials. At the commissioner's discretion, additional precinct election officials may be appointed to work at any election. Double election boards may be appointed for any precinct as provided by chapter 51. Not more than a simple majority of the members of the election board in any precinct, or of the two combined boards in any precinct for which a double election board is appointed, shall be members of the same political party or organization if one or more registered voters of another party or organization are qualified and willing to serve on the board.

Section History: Early form

  [C51, § 246, 248, 1111; R60, § 481, 483, 2027, 2030, 2031; C73, § 606, 1717, 1719; C97, § 1093, 2746, 2751, 2756; S13, § 2756; SS15, § 1087-a5, 1093; C24, § 559, 730, 731, 735, 4165, 4195, 4209, 4211; C27, § 559, 730, 731, 735, 4165, 4195, 4209, 4211-b2; C31, 35, § 559, 730, 731, 735, 4165, 4216-c10; C39, § 559, 730, 731, 735, 4165, 4216.10; C46, 50, § 43.31, 49.12, 49.13, 49.17, 49.19, 276.12, 277.10; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 43.31, 49.12, 49.13, 49.17, 275.19, 277.10; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 49.12]

Section History: Recent form

  87 Acts, ch 221, § 12; 88 Acts, ch 1119, § 15; 95 Acts, ch 67, §53; 98 Acts, ch 1123, § 4

Internal References

  Referred to in § 49.14, 49.16, 49.18, 50.21, 50.22, 53.23


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