2009 Iowa Code
Title 2 - Elections and Official Duties
Subtitle 1 - Elections
CHAPTER 50 - CANVASS OF VOTES
50.24 - CANVASS BY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

        50.24  CANVASS BY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
         1.  The county board of supervisors shall meet to canvass the vote
      on the first Monday or Tuesday after the day of each election to
      which this chapter is applicable, unless the law authorizing the
      election specifies another date for the canvass.  If that Monday or
      Tuesday is a public holiday, section 4.1, subsection 34, controls.
         2.  Upon convening, the board shall open and canvass the tally
      lists and shall prepare abstracts stating the number of votes cast in
      the county, or in that portion of the county in which the election
      was held, for each office and on each question on the ballot for the
      election.  The board shall contact the chairperson of the special
      precinct board before adjourning and include in the canvass any
      absentee ballots which were received after the polls closed in
      accordance with section 53.17 and which were canvassed by the special
      precinct board after election day.  The abstract shall further
      indicate the name of each person who received votes for each office
      on the ballot, and the number of votes each person named received for
      that office, and the number of votes for and against each question
      submitted to the voters at the election.  The votes of all write-in
      candidates who each received less than five percent of the votes cast
      for an office shall be reported collectively under the heading
      "scattering".
         3.  The board shall certify an election canvass summary report
      prepared by the commissioner.  The election canvass summary report
      shall include the results of the election, including scatterings,
      overvotes, and undervotes, by precinct for each contest and public
      measure that appeared on the ballot of the election being canvassed.

         4.  The board shall prepare a certificate showing the total number
      of people who cast ballots in the election.  For general elections
      and elections held pursuant to section 69.14, a copy of the
      certificate shall be forwarded to the state commissioner.
         5.  Any obvious clerical errors in the tally lists from the
      precincts shall be corrected by the supervisors.  Complete records of
      any changes shall be recorded in the minutes of the canvass.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C51, § 271, 304, 305; R60, § 335, 506, 538, 539, 1131; C73, §
      502, 503, 631, 635, 662; C97, § 1146, 1149; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §
      859, 860, 863; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 50.20, 50.21,
      50.24; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 50.24] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         84 Acts, ch 1291, § 10; 89 Acts, ch 136, §49; 90 Acts, ch 1238, §
      26; 93 Acts, ch 143, § 22; 95 Acts, ch 189, §10; 2009 Acts, ch 57,
      §40
         Referred to in § 50.48, 277.20, 331.383, 376.7, 376.9