2009 Iowa Code
Title 2 - Elections and Official Duties
Subtitle 1 - Elections
CHAPTER 49 - METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS
49.25 - EQUIPMENT REQUIRED AT POLLING PLACES.

        49.25  EQUIPMENT REQUIRED AT POLLING PLACES.
         1.  The commissioner shall determine pursuant to section 49.26,
      subsection 2, in advance of an election whether ballots voted in that
      election shall be counted by automatic tabulating equipment or by
      precinct election officials.  If automatic tabulating equipment will
      be used, the commissioner shall furnish voting equipment for use by
      voters with disabilities.
         2.  The commissioner shall furnish to each precinct, in advance of
      each election, voting booths in the following number:
         a.  At each regularly scheduled election, at least one for
      every three hundred fifty voters who voted in the last preceding
      similar election held in the precinct.
         b.  At any special election at which the ballot contains only
      a single public measure or only candidates for a single office or
      position, the number determined by the commissioner.
         3.  The commissioner shall furnish to each precinct the necessary
      ballot boxes, suitably equipped with seals or locks and keys, and
      voting booths.  The voting booths shall provide for voting in
      secrecy.  At least one voting booth in each precinct shall be
      accessible to persons with disabilities.  Ballot boxes shall be
      locked or sealed before the polls open and shall remain locked or
      sealed until the polls are closed, except as provided in section 51.7
      or to provide necessary service to malfunctioning automatic
      tabulating equipment.  If a ballot box is opened prior to the closing
      of the polls, two precinct election officials not of the same party
      shall be present and observe the ballot box being opened.
         4.  Secrecy folders or sleeves shall be provided for use at any
      precinct where ballots are used which cannot be folded to obscure the
      marks made by the voters.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C51, § 254; R60, § 489; C73, § 614; C97, § 1113, 1130, 2756; S13,
      § 1130, 2756; C24, 27, § 743, 744, 4209; C31, 35, § 743, 744,
      4216-c14; C39, § 743, 744, 4216.14; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71,
      73, § 49.25, 49.26, 277.14; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 49.25] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         90 Acts, ch 1007, §1; 96 Acts, ch 1129, § 113; 97 Acts, ch 170, §
      26, 27; 2007 Acts, ch 190, §19; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §93; 2009 Acts,
      ch 57, §23
         Referred to in § 49.81