House
File
2480
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2480
BY
STOLTENBERG
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
primary
elections
for
the
nomination
of
1
candidates
for
city,
school
district,
and
merged
area
2
elections,
and
including
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
43.24,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
1
subparagraph
(4),
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(4)
Those
filed
with
the
city
clerk
or
the
secretary
of
3
the
school
board
under
this
chapter
,
at
least
thirty-six
days
4
before
the
city
or
school
primary
election.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
43.24,
subsection
3,
Code
2024,
is
amended
6
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
7
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
Objections
filed
with
the
secretary
of
8
the
school
board
shall
be
considered
as
provided
in
paragraph
9
“b”
.
The
secretary
of
the
school
board
shall
forward
the
10
objection
to
the
commissioner
of
a
county
including
the
school
11
district.
12
Sec.
3.
Section
43.78,
subsection
1,
paragraph
f,
Code
2024,
13
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
14
f.
For
any
other
partisan
office
filled
by
the
voters
of
a
15
subdivision
of
a
county,
by
those
members
of
the
party’s
county
16
central
committee
who
represent
the
precincts
lying
within
that
17
district,
who
shall
be
convened
or
reconvened
as
appropriate
by
18
the
county
party
chairperson.
However,
this
paragraph
shall
19
not
apply
to
partisan
city
offices
in
special
charter
cities
20
for
which
candidates
are
nominated
under
this
chapter
,
but
such
21
ballot
vacancies
shall
be
filled
as
provided
by
section
43.116
.
22
Sec.
4.
Section
43.112,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
23
follows:
24
43.112
Nominations
in
certain
cities
and
school
districts
.
25
1.
This
chapter
shall,
so
far
as
applicable,
govern
the
26
nominations
of
candidates
by
political
parties
for
all
offices
27
to
be
filled
by
a
direct
vote
of
the
people
in
cities
acting
28
under
a
special
charter
in
1973
and
having
a
population
of
29
over
fifty
thousand,
except
all
such
cities
as
choose
by
30
special
election
to
conduct
nonpartisan
city
elections
under
31
the
provisions
of
chapter
44
,
45
,
or
376
.
An
election
on
the
32
question
of
conducting
city
elections
in
such
a
special
charter
33
city
on
a
nonpartisan
basis
may
be
called
by
the
city
council
34
on
its
own
initiative,
and
shall
be
called
by
the
council
upon
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receipt
of
a
petition
of
the
voters
which
so
requests
and
1
is
presented
in
conformity
with
section
362.4
,
but
a
special
2
election
on
that
question
shall
be
held
concurrently
with
any
3
election
being
held
on
the
first
Tuesday
after
the
first
Monday
4
in
November
of
any
odd-numbered
year
and
school
districts
.
5
2.
Sections
43.114
through
43.118
shall
apply
only
to
all
6
cities
to
which
this
chapter
is
made
applicable
by
this
section
7
and
school
districts
.
8
Sec.
5.
Section
43.114,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
9
follows:
10
43.114
Time
of
holding
special
charter
city
or
school
11
district
primary.
12
In
special
charter
cities
and
school
districts
holding
a
13
city
or
school
district
primary
election
under
the
provisions
14
of
section
43.112
,
the
primary
shall
be
held
on
the
first
15
Tuesday
in
October
of
the
year
in
which
regular
city
or
school
16
elections
are
held.
17
Sec.
6.
Section
43.115,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
18
to
read
as
follows:
19
1.
All
candidates
for
nominations
to
be
made
in
city
primary
20
elections
held
pursuant
to
section
43.112
shall
file
nomination
21
papers
with
the
city
clerk
no
later
than
5:00
p.m.
forty
days
22
before
the
date
of
the
election
as
established
by
section
23
43.114
,
except
that
candidates
for
precinct
committee
member
24
shall
file
affidavits
of
candidacy
as
required
by
section
25
420.130
.
The
number
of
eligible
electors
signing
petitions
26
required
for
printing
the
name
of
a
candidate
upon
the
official
27
primary
ballot
shall
be
one
hundred
for
an
office
to
be
filled
28
by
the
voters
of
the
entire
city
and
twenty-five
for
an
office
29
to
be
filled
by
the
voters
of
a
subdivision
of
the
city.
30
Sec.
7.
Section
43.115,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
adding
the
31
following
new
subsection:
32
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
All
candidates
for
nominations
to
be
33
made
in
school
district
primary
elections
held
pursuant
to
34
section
43.112
shall
file
nomination
papers
with
the
secretary
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of
the
school
board
no
later
than
5:00
p.m.
forty
days
before
1
the
date
of
the
election
as
established
by
section
43.114.
The
2
number
of
eligible
electors
signing
petitions
required
for
3
printing
the
name
of
a
candidate
upon
the
official
primary
4
ballot
shall
be
twenty-five
for
a
seat
to
be
filled
by
the
5
voters
of
the
entire
school
district
and
ten
for
a
seat
to
be
6
filled
by
the
voters
of
a
director
district.
7
Sec.
8.
Section
43.116,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
8
follows:
9
43.116
Ballot
vacancies
in
special
charter
city
and
school
10
district
elections.
11
1.
A
vacancy
on
the
ballot
for
an
election
at
which
city
12
officers
or
school
board
members
are
to
be
chosen,
and
for
13
which
candidates
have
been
nominated
under
this
chapter
,
exists
14
when
any
political
party
lacks
a
candidate
for
an
office
to
be
15
filled
at
that
election
because:
16
a.
Either
no
person
filed
at
the
time
required
by
section
17
43.115
as
a
candidate
for
the
party’s
nomination
for
that
18
office
in
the
city
or
school
primary
election
held
under
19
section
43.112
,
or
all
persons
who
did
so
subsequently
withdrew
20
as
candidates,
were
found
to
lack
the
requisite
requirements
21
for
the
office,
or
died
before
the
date
of
the
city
or
school
22
primary
election,
and
no
candidate
received
a
number
of
23
write-in
votes
sufficient
for
nomination
under
section
43.53
;
24
or
25
b.
The
person
nominated
in
the
city
or
school
primary
26
election
as
the
party’s
candidate
for
that
office
withdrew
27
by
giving
written
notice
to
that
effect
to
the
city
clerk
or
28
secretary
of
the
school
board
not
later
than
5:00
p.m.
on
the
29
day
of
the
canvass
of
that
city
or
school
primary
election.
30
2.
A
ballot
vacancy
as
defined
by
this
section
may
be
filled
31
by
the
city
central
committee
of
the
party
on
whose
ticket
32
the
vacancy
exists
or,
in
the
case
of
an
officer
elected
by
33
the
voters
of
a
district
within
the
city,
by
those
members
of
34
the
committee
who
represent
the
precincts
lying
within
that
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district.
The
name
of
a
candidate
so
designated
to
fill
such
a
1
ballot
vacancy
shall
be
submitted
in
writing
to
the
city
clerk
2
or
school
district
not
later
than
5:00
p.m.
on
the
seventh
day
3
following
the
city
or
school
primary
election.
4
3.
If
a
special
election
is
held
to
fill
a
vacancy
in
an
5
elective
city
office
or
school
board
seat
,
nominations
by
6
political
parties
shall
be
made
following
the
provisions
of
7
subsection
2
.
8
Sec.
9.
Section
43.118,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
9
follows:
10
43.118
Expense.
11
1.
The
entire
expense
of
conducting
the
city
primary
12
election
and
preparation
of
election
registers
shall
be
audited
13
by
the
city
council
and
paid
by
the
city.
14
2.
The
entire
expense
of
conducting
the
school
primary
15
election
and
preparation
of
election
registers
shall
be
audited
16
by
the
school
board
and
paid
by
the
school
district.
17
Sec.
10.
Section
45.1,
subsection
9,
paragraph
a,
Code
2024,
18
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
19
a.
Except
as
otherwise
provided
in
subsection
10
,
in
20
In
cities
having
a
population
of
twenty-five
thousand
or
21
greater
according
to
the
most
recent
federal
decennial
census,
22
nominations
may
be
made
by
nomination
papers
signed
by
not
less
23
than
seventy-five
eligible
electors
who
are
residents
of
the
24
city
or
ward.
25
Sec.
11.
Section
45.1,
subsection
10,
Code
2024,
is
amended
26
by
striking
the
subsection.
27
Sec.
12.
Section
49.31,
subsection
2,
paragraph
d,
Code
28
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
29
d.
On
the
regular
and
special
city
election
and
school
30
election
ballots
the
names
of
candidates
for
city,
school
31
district,
and
merged
area
offices
shall
be
arranged
by
drawing
32
lots
for
position.
The
commissioner
shall
hold
the
drawing
on
33
the
second
business
day
following
the
deadline
for
filing
of
34
nomination
papers
or
petitions
under
sections
260C.15
,
277.4
,
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and
376.4
.
If
a
candidate
withdraws,
dies,
or
is
removed
1
from
the
ballot
after
the
ballot
position
of
names
has
been
2
determined,
such
candidate’s
name
shall
be
removed
from
the
3
ballot,
and
the
order
of
the
remaining
names
shall
not
be
4
changed.
5
Sec.
13.
Section
50.48,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
6
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
7
follows:
8
The
county
board
of
canvassers
shall
order
a
recount
of
the
9
votes
cast
for
a
particular
office
or
nomination
in
one
or
10
more
specified
election
precincts
in
that
county
if
a
written
11
request
for
a
recount
is
made
not
later
than
5:00
p.m.
on
the
12
third
day
following
the
county
board’s
canvass
of
the
election
13
in
question.
For
a
city
runoff
election
held
pursuant
to
14
section
376.9
,
the
written
request
must
be
made
not
later
than
15
5:00
p.m.
on
the
day
following
the
county
board’s
canvass
of
16
the
city
runoff
election.
The
request
shall
be
filed
with
the
17
commissioner
of
that
county
and
shall
be
signed
by
either
of
18
the
following:
19
Sec.
14.
Section
50.48,
subsection
8,
Code
2024,
is
amended
20
by
striking
the
subsection.
21
Sec.
15.
Section
69.12,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
22
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
23
(2)
The
candidate
filing
deadline
specified
in
section
24
376.4
for
the
regular
city
election
or
the
filing
deadline
25
specified
in
section
372.13,
subsection
2
,
for
a
special
city
26
election.
27
Sec.
16.
Section
260C.15,
subsections
2
and
3,
Code
2024,
28
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
29
2.
A
candidate
for
member
of
the
board
of
directors
of
a
30
merged
area
shall
be
nominated
by
a
petition
signed
by
not
31
less
than
fifty
eligible
electors
of
the
director
district
32
from
which
the
member
is
to
be
elected.
The
petition
shall
33
state
the
number
of
the
director
district
from
which
the
34
candidate
seeks
election,
and
the
candidate’s
name
and
status
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as
an
eligible
elector
of
the
director
district.
Signers
of
1
the
petition,
in
addition
to
signing
their
names,
shall
show
2
their
residence,
including
street
and
number
if
any,
the
school
3
district
in
which
they
reside,
and
the
date
they
signed
the
4
petition.
A
person
may
sign
nomination
petitions
for
more
5
than
one
candidate
for
the
same
office,
and
the
signature
6
is
not
invalid
solely
because
the
person
signed
nomination
7
petitions
for
one
or
more
other
candidates
for
the
office.
The
8
petition
shall
include
the
affidavit
of
the
candidate
being
9
nominated,
stating
the
candidate’s
name
and
residence,
and
10
that
the
individual
is
a
candidate,
is
eligible
for
the
office
11
sought,
and
if
elected
will
qualify
for
the
office
as
provided
12
in
section
277.4
.
13
3.
Nomination
papers
on
behalf
of
candidates
for
member
of
14
the
board
of
directors
of
a
merged
area
shall
be
filed
with
15
the
secretary
of
the
board
not
earlier
than
seventy-one
days
16
nor
later
than
5:00
p.m.
on
the
forty-seventh
day
prior
to
17
the
election
at
which
members
of
the
board
are
to
be
elected.
18
On
the
day
following
the
last
day
on
which
certificates
of
19
nomination
petitions
can
be
filed,
and
no
later
than
5:00
p.m.
20
on
that
day,
the
secretary
shall
deliver
all
certificates
21
of
nomination
petitions
so
filed,
together
with
the
text
of
22
any
public
measure
being
submitted
by
the
board
of
directors
23
to
the
electorate,
to
the
merged
area’s
controlling
county
24
commissioner
of
elections
under
section
47.2
.
That
controlling
25
commissioner
shall
certify
the
names
of
candidates,
and
the
26
text
and
summary
of
any
public
measure
being
submitted
to
the
27
electorate,
to
all
county
commissioners
of
elections
in
the
28
merged
area
by
the
forty-second
day
prior
to
the
election.
29
Sec.
17.
Section
260C.15,
subsection
4,
paragraphs
a
and
b,
30
Code
2024,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
31
a.
Objections
to
the
legal
sufficiency
of
a
nomination
32
petition
or
to
the
eligibility
of
a
candidate
may
be
filed
by
33
any
person
who
would
have
the
right
to
vote
for
a
candidate
for
34
the
office
in
question.
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b.
The
objection
must
be
filed
with
the
secretary
of
the
1
board
at
least
forty-two
days
before
the
day
of
the
election
2
at
which
members
of
the
board
are
elected.
When
objections
3
are
filed,
notice
shall
immediately
be
given
to
the
candidate
4
affected,
addressed
to
the
candidate’s
place
of
residence
as
5
given
on
the
candidate’s
affidavit,
stating
that
objections
6
have
been
made
to
the
legal
sufficiency
of
the
petition
or
to
7
the
eligibility
of
the
candidate,
and
also
stating
the
time
and
8
place
the
objections
will
be
considered.
The
board
secretary
9
shall
also
attempt
to
notify
the
candidate
by
telephone
if
10
the
candidate
provided
a
telephone
number
on
the
candidate’s
11
affidavit.
12
Sec.
18.
Section
275.25,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
13
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
14
b.
The
election
shall
be
conducted
as
provided
in
section
15
sections
277.3
,
and
nomination
petitions
shall
be
filed
16
pursuant
to
section
277.4,
except
as
otherwise
provided
in
17
this
subsection
.
Nomination
petitions
shall
be
filed
with
the
18
secretary
of
the
board
of
the
existing
school
district
in
which
19
the
candidate
resides
not
less
than
twenty-eight
days
before
20
the
date
set
for
the
special
school
election.
The
secretary
of
21
the
board,
or
the
secretary’s
designee,
shall
be
present
in
the
22
secretary’s
office
until
5:00
p.m.
on
the
final
day
to
file
the
23
nomination
papers.
The
nomination
papers
shall
be
delivered
to
24
the
commissioner
no
later
than
5:00
p.m.
on
the
twenty-seventh
25
day
before
the
election.
26
Sec.
19.
Section
277.4,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
striking
27
the
section
and
inserting
in
lieu
thereof
the
following:
28
277.4
Nominations
——
primary
elections.
29
Nominations
shall
be
made
by
primary
elections
held
pursuant
30
to
sections
43.112
through
43.118.
31
Sec.
20.
Section
277.5,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
32
to
read
as
follows:
33
1.
Objections
to
the
legal
sufficiency
of
a
nomination
34
petition
or
to
the
eligibility
of
a
candidate
may
be
filed
by
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any
person
who
would
have
the
right
to
vote
for
a
candidate
for
1
the
office
in
question.
The
objection
must
be
filed
with
the
2
secretary
of
the
school
board
at
least
forty-two
days
before
3
the
day
of
the
school
election.
When
objections
are
filed
4
notice
shall
forthwith
be
given
to
the
candidate
affected,
5
addressed
to
the
candidate’s
place
of
residence
as
given
on
the
6
candidate’s
affidavit,
stating
that
objections
have
been
made
7
to
the
legal
sufficiency
of
the
petition
or
to
the
eligibility
8
of
the
candidate,
and
also
stating
the
time
and
place
the
9
objections
will
be
considered.
10
Sec.
21.
Section
279.6,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
11
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
12
(1)
If
within
fourteen
days
after
publication
of
a
notice
13
required
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
for
a
vacancy
that
occurs
14
more
than
one
hundred
eighty
days
before
the
next
regular
15
school
election,
or
after
the
filing
period
closes
pursuant
16
to
section
277.4,
subsection
1,
for
the
next
regular
school
17
election,
there
is
filed
with
the
secretary
of
the
school
board
18
a
petition
requesting
a
special
election
to
fill
the
vacancy,
19
an
appointment
to
fill
the
vacancy
is
temporary
until
a
20
successor
is
elected
and
qualified,
and
the
board
shall
call
a
21
special
election
pursuant
to
section
279.7
,
to
fill
the
vacancy
22
for
the
remaining
balance
of
the
unexpired
term.
23
Sec.
22.
Section
279.7,
subsection
4,
Code
2024,
is
amended
24
to
read
as
follows:
25
4.
Nomination
petitions
Nominations
shall
be
filed
made
in
26
the
manner
provided
in
section
277.4
,
except
that
the
petitions
27
shall
be
filed
not
less
than
twenty-five
days
before
the
date
28
set
for
the
election
.
29
Sec.
23.
Section
331.383,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
30
follows:
31
331.383
Duties
and
powers
relating
to
elections.
32
The
board
shall
ensure
that
the
county
commissioner
of
33
elections
conducts
primary,
general,
city,
school,
and
special
34
elections
in
accordance
with
applicable
state
law.
The
board
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shall
canvass
elections
in
accordance
with
sections
43.49
1
through
43.51
,
43.60
through
43.62
,
46.24
,
50.13
,
50.24
through
2
50.29
,
50.44
through
50.47
,
260C.39
,
275.25
,
277.20
,
376.1
,
3
and
376.7
,
and
376.9
.
The
board
shall
prepare
and
deliver
a
4
list
of
persons
nominated
in
accordance
with
section
43.55
,
5
provide
for
a
recount
in
accordance
with
section
50.48
,
provide
6
for
election
precincts
in
accordance
with
sections
49.3
,
49.4
,
7
49.6
through
49.8
,
and
49.11
,
pay
election
costs
as
provided
8
in
section
47.3
,
participate
in
election
contests
as
provided
9
in
sections
62.1A
and
62.9
,
and
perform
other
election
duties
10
required
by
state
law.
The
board
shall
may
provide
for
the
11
use
of
an
optical
scan
voting
system
as
provided
defined
in
12
sections
52.2
and
52.3
section
52.1,
or
may
provide
for
the
13
counting
of
ballots
by
election
officials
as
provided
in
14
section
49.26
,
and
shall
exercise
other
election
powers
as
15
provided
by
state
law.
16
Sec.
24.
Section
376.3,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
17
follows:
18
376.3
Nominations.
19
Candidates
for
elective
city
offices
must
be
nominated
as
20
provided
in
sections
376.4
through
376.9
,
unless
by
ordinance
21
a
city
chooses
the
provisions
of
chapter
44
or
45
.
However,
22
a
city
acting
under
a
special
charter
in
1973
and
having
a
23
population
of
over
fifty
thousand
shall
continue
to
hold
24
partisan
elections
as
provided
in
sections
43.112
through
25
43.118
and
sections
420.126
376.12
through
420.137,
unless
26
the
city
by
election
as
provided
in
section
43.112
chooses
to
27
conduct
city
elections
under
this
chapter
or
chapter
44
or
45
28
376.23
.
The
choice
of
one
of
these
options
by
such
a
special
29
charter
city
does
not
otherwise
affect
the
validity
of
the
30
city’s
charter.
However,
special
charter
cities
which
choose
31
to
exercise
the
option
to
conduct
nonpartisan
city
elections
32
may
choose,
in
the
same
manner
the
original
decision
was
made,
33
to
resume
holding
city
elections
on
a
partisan
basis.
34
Sec.
25.
Section
376.4,
subsections
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
and
7,
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are
amended
by
striking
the
subsections.
1
Sec.
26.
Section
376.4,
subsection
6,
Code
2024,
is
amended
2
to
read
as
follows:
3
6.
The
city
clerk
shall
deliver
the
text
of
any
public
4
measure
being
submitted
by
the
city
council
to
the
electorate
5
to
the
county
commissioner
of
elections.
If
the
county
6
commissioner
has
designated
the
city
clerk
to
receive
7
nomination
papers
for
elective
city
offices
pursuant
to
8
subsection
1
,
the
city
clerk
shall
deliver
the
nomination
9
papers
accepted
for
filing
to
the
county
commissioner.
The
10
text
of
any
public
measure
and
nomination
papers
required
to
11
be
delivered
under
this
subsection
section
shall
be
delivered
12
no
later
than
the
day
after
the
last
day
on
which
nomination
13
petitions
can
be
filed,
and
not
later
than
12:00
noon
on
that
14
day.
15
Sec.
27.
Section
376.5,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
16
follows:
17
376.5
Publication
of
ballot.
18
Notice
for
each
regular,
special,
primary,
or
runoff
city
19
election
shall
be
published
by
the
county
commissioner
of
20
elections
as
provided
in
section
362.3
,
except
that
notice
of
a
21
regular,
primary,
or
runoff
election
may
be
published
not
less
22
than
four
days
before
the
date
of
the
election.
The
published
23
notice
must
list
the
names
of
all
candidates
,
and
must
not
24
contain
any
party
designations
.
The
published
notice
must
25
include
any
question
to
be
submitted
to
the
voters.
The
notice
26
may
contain
one
or
more
facsimiles
of
the
portion
of
the
ballot
27
containing
the
first
arrangement
of
candidates
as
prescribed
28
by
section
49.31,
subsection
2
.
29
Sec.
28.
Section
376.7,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
30
to
read
as
follows:
31
1.
If
a
primary
election
is
necessary,
it
The
primary
32
election
shall
be
held
on
the
Tuesday
four
weeks
before
the
33
date
of
the
regular
city
election.
For
each
office
on
the
34
ballot,
a
voter
shall
only
vote
for
the
number
of
persons
to
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be
elected
to
that
office
at
the
regular
city
election.
The
1
county
board
of
supervisors
shall
publicly
canvass
the
tally
2
lists
of
the
vote
cast
in
the
primary
election,
following
the
3
procedures
prescribed
in
section
50.24
,
at
a
meeting
to
be
held
4
on
the
second
day
following
the
primary
election,
and
beginning
5
no
earlier
than
1:00
p.m.
on
that
day.
6
Sec.
29.
Section
376.8,
subsections
2
and
3,
Code
2024,
are
7
amended
by
striking
the
subsections.
8
Sec.
30.
Section
376.11,
subsection
2,
Code
2024,
is
amended
9
to
read
as
follows:
10
2.
Except
in
cities
where
the
council
has
chosen
a
runoff
11
election
in
lieu
of
a
primary,
following
Following
the
12
resignation
of
a
person
who
was
elected
by
write-in
votes,
13
the
city
clerk
shall
notify
the
person
who
received
the
next
14
highest
number
of
votes
cast
for
the
office
that
the
person
15
may
assume
the
office.
If
there
is
more
than
one
person
who
16
received
the
next
highest
number
of
votes
cast
for
the
office,
17
lots
shall
be
drawn
pursuant
to
section
50.44
to
determine
the
18
person
who
received
the
next
highest
number
of
votes.
If
the
19
person
accepts
the
position,
the
person
shall
be
considered
the
20
duly
elected
officer
unless,
within
ten
days
after
the
clerk
21
has
given
notice,
a
petition
requesting
a
special
election
22
is
filed
by
eligible
electors
of
the
city
equal
in
number
to
23
twenty-five
percent
of
the
number
of
persons
who
voted
for
the
24
office
at
the
election.
If
the
person
declines,
the
person
25
shall
do
so
in
writing
to
the
city
clerk
within
ten
days
and
the
26
office
shall
be
considered
vacant
at
the
end
of
the
term.
The
27
vacancy
shall
be
filled
pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
section
28
372.13,
subsection
2
.
If
the
council
chooses
to
appoint,
the
29
appointment
may
be
made
before
the
end
of
the
current
term.
30
Sec.
31.
Section
376.11,
subsections
4
and
5,
Code
2024,
are
31
amended
by
striking
the
subsections.
32
Sec.
32.
Section
420.126,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
33
follows:
34
420.126
City
convention.
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Political
parties
in
special
charter
cities
having
a
1
population
of
fifty
thousand
or
more
a
city
shall
hold
a
city
2
convention
within
the
city
on
the
second
Friday
following
the
3
primary
election.
The
city
central
committee
shall
set
the
4
time
and
place
of
the
convention
and
shall
file
the
same
in
5
the
office
of
the
city
clerk
at
least
ten
days
prior
to
the
6
convention.
7
Sec.
33.
Section
420.137,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
8
follows:
9
420.137
Applicable
laws.
10
All
laws
governing
political
parties
and
the
nomination
of
11
candidates
in
elections
shall,
as
far
as
applicable,
govern
the
12
political
parties
and
nomination
and
election
of
candidates
13
in
cities
acting
under
a
special
charter
in
1973
and
having
a
14
population
of
fifty
thousand
or
more,
except
where
such
a
city
15
by
election
chooses
to
conduct
city
elections
under
chapter
44
,
16
45
,
or
376
.
17
Sec.
34.
CODE
EDITOR
DIRECTIVE.
18
1.
The
Code
editor
is
directed
to
make
the
following
19
transfers:
20
a.
Section
420.126
to
section
376.12.
21
b.
Section
420.127
to
section
376.13.
22
c.
Section
420.128
to
section
376.14.
23
d.
Section
420.129
to
section
376.15.
24
e.
Section
420.130
to
section
376.16.
25
f.
Section
420.131
to
section
376.17.
26
g.
Section
420.132
to
section
376.18.
27
h.
Section
420.133
to
section
376.19.
28
i.
Section
420.134
to
section
376.20.
29
j.
Section
420.135
to
section
376.21.
30
k.
Section
420.136
to
section
376.22.
31
l.
Section
420.137
to
section
376.23.
32
2.
The
Code
editor
shall
correct
internal
references
in
the
33
Code
and
in
any
enacted
legislation
as
necessary
due
to
the
34
enactment
of
this
section.
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Sec.
35.
REPEAL.
Sections
376.4A,
376.6,
and
376.9,
Code
1
2024,
are
repealed.
2
Sec.
36.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
elections
held
3
on
or
after
January
1,
2026.
4
EXPLANATION
5
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
6
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
7
This
bill
relates
to
nominations
of
candidates
for
elections
8
to
city,
school
district,
and
merged
area
offices.
The
bill
9
requires
candidates
for
such
elections
to
be
nominated
by
10
primary
elections
held
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
43
(partisan
11
nominations
——
primary
election).
Currently
such
elections
12
are
nonpartisan
except
for
special
charter
cities
under
Code
13
chapter
420.
The
bill
repeals
other
methods
for
the
nomination
14
of
candidates,
including
nominations
by
petition
and
runoff
15
elections.
The
bill
allows
the
board
of
supervisors
of
a
16
county
to
decide
whether
to
conduct
an
election
using
an
17
optical
scan
voting
system
or
by
counting
ballots
by
hand.
The
18
bill
applies
to
elections
held
on
or
after
January
1,
2026.
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