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House File 55 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1changing the date of the primary election.
2BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 43.7, Code 2019, is amended to read as
2follows:
343.7 Time of holding.
4The primary election by all political parties shall be held
5at the usual voting places of the several precincts on the
6first Tuesday after the first Monday in June September in each
7even-numbered year.
8 Sec. 2. Section 43.73, subsection 1, Code 2019, is amended
9to read as follows:
101. Not less than sixty-four forty-six days before the
11general election the state commissioner shall certify to each
12commissioner, under separate party headings, the name of each
13person nominated as shown by the official canvass made by the
14executive council, or as certified to the state commissioner
15by the proper persons when any person has been nominated by
16a convention or by a party committee, or by petition, the
17office to which the person is nominated, and the order in which
18federal and state offices, judges, constitutional amendments,
19and state public measures shall appear on the official ballot.
20 Sec. 3. Section 43.76, Code 2019, is amended to read as
21follows:
2243.76 Withdrawal of nominated candidates.
231. A candidate nominated in a primary election for any
24office for which nomination papers are required to be filed
25with the state commissioner may withdraw as a nominee for that
26office on or before, but not later than, the eighty-first
27 fiftieth day before the date of the general election by so
28notifying the state commissioner in writing.
292. A candidate nominated in a primary election for any
30office for which nomination papers are required to be filed
31with the commissioner may withdraw as a nominee for that
32office on or before, but not later than, the seventy-fourth
33 fifty-fifth day before the date of the general election by so
34notifying the commissioner in writing.
35 Sec. 4. Section 43.77, subsection 3, Code 2019, is amended
-1-1to read as follows:
23. The person nominated in the primary election as the
3party’s candidate for that office subsequently withdrew as
4permitted by section 43.76, was found to lack the requisite
5qualifications for the office, or died, at a time not later
6than the eighty-first fiftieth day before the date of the
7general election in the case of an office for which nomination
8papers must be filed with the state commissioner and not later
9than the seventy-fourth fifty-fifth day before the date of the
10general election in the case of an office for which nomination
11papers must be filed with the county commissioner.
12 Sec. 5. Section 43.78, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2019, are
13amended to read as follows:
142. The name of any candidate designated to fill a vacancy
15on the general election ballot in accordance with subsection
161, paragraph “a”, “b”, or “c” shall be submitted in writing
17to the state commissioner not later than 5:00 p.m.on the
18seventy-third forty-sixth day before the date of the general
19election.
203. The name of any candidate designated to fill a vacancy
21on the general election ballot in accordance with subsection
221, paragraph “d”, “e”, or “f” shall be submitted in writing to
23the commissioner not later than 5:00 p.m.on the sixty-ninth
24 fifty-fifth day before the date of the general election.
25 Sec. 6. Section 43.79, Code 2019, is amended to read as
26follows:
2743.79 Death of candidate after time for withdrawal.
28The death of a candidate nominated as provided by law for
29any office to be filled at a general election, during the
30period beginning on the eighty-first fiftieth day before the
31general election, in the case of any candidate whose nomination
32papers were filed with the state commissioner, or beginning
33on the seventy-third fifty-fifth day before the general
34election, in the case of any candidate whose nomination papers
35were filed with the commissioner, and ending on the last day
-2-1before the general election shall not operate to remove the
2deceased candidate’s name from the general election ballot. If
3the deceased candidate was seeking the office of senator or
4representative in the Congress of the United States, governor,
5attorney general, senator or representative in the general
6assembly or county supervisor, section 49.58 shall control. If
7the deceased candidate was seeking any other office, and as a
8result of the candidate’s death a vacancy is subsequently found
9to exist, the vacancy shall be filled as provided by chapter
1069.
11 Sec. 7. Section 53.2, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2019,
12is amended to read as follows:
13a. Any registered voter, under the circumstances specified
14in section 53.1, may on any day, except election day, and not
15more than one hundred twenty forty-five days prior to before
16 the date of the general election and not more than seventy days
17before the date of any other election, apply in person for an
18absentee ballot at the commissioner’s office or at any location
19designated by the commissioner. However, for those elections
20in which the commissioner directs the polls be opened at noon
21pursuant to section 49.73, a voter may apply in person for an
22absentee ballot at the commissioner’s office from 8:00 a.m.
23until 11:00 a.m.on election day.
24EXPLANATION
25The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
26the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
27This bill changes the date of holding the primary election
28from the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in each
29even-numbered year to the first Tuesday after the first Monday
30in September in each even-numbered year. The dates for other
31deadlines related to the primary and general election are
32changed accordingly. Additional corresponding changes may be
33required.
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2BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 43.7, Code 2019, is amended to read as
2follows:
343.7 Time of holding.
4The primary election by all political parties shall be held
5at the usual voting places of the several precincts on the
6first Tuesday after the first Monday in June September in each
7even-numbered year.
8 Sec. 2. Section 43.73, subsection 1, Code 2019, is amended
9to read as follows:
101. Not less than sixty-four forty-six days before the
11general election the state commissioner shall certify to each
12commissioner, under separate party headings, the name of each
13person nominated as shown by the official canvass made by the
14executive council, or as certified to the state commissioner
15by the proper persons when any person has been nominated by
16a convention or by a party committee, or by petition, the
17office to which the person is nominated, and the order in which
18federal and state offices, judges, constitutional amendments,
19and state public measures shall appear on the official ballot.
20 Sec. 3. Section 43.76, Code 2019, is amended to read as
21follows:
2243.76 Withdrawal of nominated candidates.
231. A candidate nominated in a primary election for any
24office for which nomination papers are required to be filed
25with the state commissioner may withdraw as a nominee for that
26office on or before, but not later than, the eighty-first
27 fiftieth day before the date of the general election by so
28notifying the state commissioner in writing.
292. A candidate nominated in a primary election for any
30office for which nomination papers are required to be filed
31with the commissioner may withdraw as a nominee for that
32office on or before, but not later than, the seventy-fourth
33 fifty-fifth day before the date of the general election by so
34notifying the commissioner in writing.
35 Sec. 4. Section 43.77, subsection 3, Code 2019, is amended
-1-1to read as follows:
23. The person nominated in the primary election as the
3party’s candidate for that office subsequently withdrew as
4permitted by section 43.76, was found to lack the requisite
5qualifications for the office, or died, at a time not later
6than the eighty-first fiftieth day before the date of the
7general election in the case of an office for which nomination
8papers must be filed with the state commissioner and not later
9than the seventy-fourth fifty-fifth day before the date of the
10general election in the case of an office for which nomination
11papers must be filed with the county commissioner.
12 Sec. 5. Section 43.78, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2019, are
13amended to read as follows:
142. The name of any candidate designated to fill a vacancy
15on the general election ballot in accordance with subsection
161, paragraph “a”, “b”, or “c” shall be submitted in writing
17to the state commissioner not later than 5:00 p.m.on the
18seventy-third forty-sixth day before the date of the general
19election.
203. The name of any candidate designated to fill a vacancy
21on the general election ballot in accordance with subsection
221, paragraph “d”, “e”, or “f” shall be submitted in writing to
23the commissioner not later than 5:00 p.m.on the sixty-ninth
24 fifty-fifth day before the date of the general election.
25 Sec. 6. Section 43.79, Code 2019, is amended to read as
26follows:
2743.79 Death of candidate after time for withdrawal.
28The death of a candidate nominated as provided by law for
29any office to be filled at a general election, during the
30period beginning on the eighty-first fiftieth day before the
31general election, in the case of any candidate whose nomination
32papers were filed with the state commissioner, or beginning
33on the seventy-third fifty-fifth day before the general
34election, in the case of any candidate whose nomination papers
35were filed with the commissioner, and ending on the last day
-2-1before the general election shall not operate to remove the
2deceased candidate’s name from the general election ballot. If
3the deceased candidate was seeking the office of senator or
4representative in the Congress of the United States, governor,
5attorney general, senator or representative in the general
6assembly or county supervisor, section 49.58 shall control. If
7the deceased candidate was seeking any other office, and as a
8result of the candidate’s death a vacancy is subsequently found
9to exist, the vacancy shall be filled as provided by chapter
1069.
11 Sec. 7. Section 53.2, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2019,
12is amended to read as follows:
13a. Any registered voter, under the circumstances specified
14in section 53.1, may on any day, except election day, and not
15more than one hundred twenty forty-five days prior to before
16 the date of the general election and not more than seventy days
17before the date of any other election, apply in person for an
18absentee ballot at the commissioner’s office or at any location
19designated by the commissioner. However, for those elections
20in which the commissioner directs the polls be opened at noon
21pursuant to section 49.73, a voter may apply in person for an
22absentee ballot at the commissioner’s office from 8:00 a.m.
23until 11:00 a.m.on election day.
24EXPLANATION
25The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
26the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
27This bill changes the date of holding the primary election
28from the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in each
29even-numbered year to the first Tuesday after the first Monday
30in September in each even-numbered year. The dates for other
31deadlines related to the primary and general election are
32changed accordingly. Additional corresponding changes may be
33required.
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