2009 Iowa Code
Title 2 - Elections and Official Duties
Subtitle 1 - Elections
CHAPTER 44 - NOMINATIONS BY NONPARTY POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS
44.4 - NOMINATIONS AND OBJECTIONS -- TIME AND PLACE OF FILING.

        44.4  NOMINATIONS AND OBJECTIONS -- TIME AND PLACE OF
      FILING.
         1.  Nominations made pursuant to this chapter and chapter 45 which
      are required to be filed in the office of the state commissioner
      shall be filed in that office not more than ninety-nine days nor
      later than 5:00 p.m. on the eighty-first day before the date of the
      general election to be held in November.  Nominations made for a
      special election called pursuant to section 69.14 shall be filed by
      5:00 p.m. not less than twenty-five days before the date of an
      election called upon at least forty days' notice and not less than
      fourteen days before the date of an election called upon at least
      eighteen days' notice.  Nominations made for a special election
      called pursuant to section 69.14A shall be filed by 5:00 p.m. not
      less than twenty-five days before the date of the election.
      Nominations made pursuant to this chapter and chapter 45 which are
      required to be filed in the office of the commissioner shall be filed
      in that office not more than ninety-two days nor later than 5:00 p.m.
      on the sixty-ninth day before the date of the general election.
      Nominations made pursuant to this chapter or chapter 45 for city
      office shall be filed not more than seventy-two days nor later than
      5:00 p.m. on the forty-seventh day before the city election with the
      city clerk, who shall process them as provided by law.
         2. a.  Objections to the legal sufficiency of a certificate of
      nomination or nomination petition or to the eligibility of a
      candidate may be filed by any person who would have the right to vote
      for a candidate for the office in question.  The objections must be
      filed with the officer with whom the certificate or petition is filed
      and within the following time:
         (1)  Those filed with the state commissioner, not less than
      seventy-four days before the date of the election.
         (2)  Those filed with the commissioner, not less than sixty-four
      days before the date of the election.
         (3)  Those filed with the city clerk, at least forty-two days
      before the regularly scheduled or special city election.  However,
      for those cities that may be required to hold a primary election, at
      least sixty-three days before the regularly scheduled or special city
      election.
         (4)  In the case of nominations to fill vacancies occurring after
      the time when an original nomination for an office is required to be
      filed, objections shall be filed within three days after the filing
      of the certificate.
         b.  Objections shall be filed no later than 5:00 p.m. on the
      final date for filing.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C97, § 1103; C24, § 654; C27, 31, 35, § 655-a4; C39, §
      655.04; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 44.4]
      

         Section History: Recent Form

         87 Acts, ch 221, § 3; 88 Acts, ch 1119, § 8; 88 Acts, ch 1246, §
      1; 89 Acts, ch 136, § 24; 90 Acts, ch 1238, § 8; 95 Acts, ch 189, §5;
      97 Acts, ch 170, § 7; 98 Acts, ch 1123, § 2; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §13,
      115; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201
         Referred to in § 49.31, 99F.7, 331.237, 331.323, 376.4
         See § 45.4