HF 2073 (LSB 5612YH (4) 91)

HOUSE FILE 2073

BY  HARRIS

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to ballot contents for certain elected offices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 49.57, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  After the name of each candidate for a partisan an office with the authority to propose, approve, levy, or vote for a tax, the name of the candidate’s political party shall be printed in at least six point type. The names of political parties and nonparty political organizations may be abbreviated on the remainder of the ballot if both the full name and the abbreviation appear in the voter instruction area of the ballot.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the political party of a candidate for election to an office with the authority to propose, approve, levy, or vote for a tax to be printed after the name of the candidate on the ballot.