2009 Iowa Code
Title 2 - Elections and Official Duties
Subtitle 1 - Elections
CHAPTER 50 - CANVASS OF VOTES
50.11 - PROCLAMATION OF RESULT.

        50.11  PROCLAMATION OF RESULT.
         When the canvass is completed one of the precinct election
      officials shall publicly announce the total number of votes received
      by each of the persons voted for, the office for which the person is
      designated, as announced by the designated tally keepers, and the
      number of votes for, and the number of votes against, any proposition
      which shall have been submitted to a vote of the people.  A precinct
      election official shall communicate the election results by telephone
      or in person to the commissioner who is conducting the election
      immediately upon completion of the canvass.
         Election results may be transmitted electronically from voting
      equipment to the commissioner's office only after the precinct
      election officials have produced a written report of the election
      results.  The devices used for the electronic transmission of
      election results shall be approved for use by the board of examiners
      pursuant to section 52.41.  The state commissioner of elections shall
      adopt rules establishing procedures for the electronic transmission
      of election results.
         The commissioner shall remain on duty until such information is
      communicated to the commissioner from each polling place in the
      commissioner's county.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C97, § 1142; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 850; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62,
      66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 50.11] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         2002 Acts, ch 1134, §45, 115
         Referred to in § 43.45, 50.15A, 51.7, 52.37