2009 Iowa Code
Title 2 - Elections and Official Duties
Subtitle 1 - Elections
CHAPTER 49 - METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS
49.41 - MORE THAN ONE OFFICE PROHIBITED.

        49.41  MORE THAN ONE OFFICE PROHIBITED.
         1. a.  A person shall not be a candidate for more than one
      office to be filled at the same election.  A person who has been
      nominated for more than one office shall file a written notice
      declaring the office for which the person wishes to appear on the
      ballot.
         b.  If the nomination papers for all offices for which the
      candidate has been nominated are required to be filed with the same
      commissioner of elections, the candidate shall file a written notice
      with that commissioner no later than five p.m.  on the final date
      upon which nomination papers may be filed for the election.  The
      notice shall state the office for which the person wishes to appear
      on the ballot.  If the required notice is not filed, the candidate's
      name shall not be certified by the state commissioner for any office
      for which nomination papers are filed with the state commissioner and
      the county commissioner of elections shall not include the
      candidate's name on the ballot for any office in any county.
         c.  If a person is a candidate for one or more offices for
      which nomination papers are required to be filed with the state
      commissioner and one or more offices for which nomination papers are
      required to be filed with the county commissioner, the candidate
      shall notify the state commissioner and the county commissioner in
      writing.  The notice shall state the office for which the person
      chooses to remain a candidate.  The notice shall be filed no later
      than the last day to file nomination papers with the commissioner.
      If the required notice is not filed, the candidate's name shall not
      appear on the ballot for any office in any county.
         2. a.  If necessary, the county commissioner shall certify to
      the state commissioner the name of any person who is a candidate for
      more than one office which will appear on the ballot for the
      election.  The certification of dual candidacy shall be made no later
      than five p.m. on the day following the final day to file nomination
      papers in the office of the commissioner.
         b.  When the state commissioner receives notice from the
      county commissioner that a candidate for a state or federal office
      has also been nominated for a county or township office, the state
      commissioner shall amend the certificate issued pursuant to section
      43.73 and notify the commissioners of any other counties to whom the
      candidate's name was originally certified and instruct them to remove
      the candidate's name from the ballot in those counties.
         3.  This section does not apply to the county agricultural
      extension council or the soil and water conservation district
      commission.
         4.  For purposes of township office, "nomination papers" as
      used in this section means the affidavit of candidacy required in
      section 45.3.  

         88 Acts, ch 1119, § 16; 91 Acts, ch 129, §13; 2001 Acts, ch 158,
      §10; 2007 Acts, ch 25, §3
         Referred to in § 43.31, 43.67, 44.3, 45.3, 49.57A