2009 Iowa Code
Title 2 - Elections and Official Duties
Subtitle 1 - Elections
CHAPTER 50 - CANVASS OF VOTES
50.9 - RETURN OF BALLOTS NOT VOTED.

        50.9  RETURN OF BALLOTS NOT VOTED.
         Ballots not voted, or spoiled by voters while attempting to vote,
      shall be returned by the precinct election officials to the
      commissioner, and a receipt taken for the ballots.  The spoiled
      ballots shall be preserved for twenty-two months following elections
      for federal offices and for six months following elections for all
      other offices.  The commissioner shall record the number of ballots
      sent to the polling places but not voted.  The ballots not voted
      shall be destroyed after the end of the period for contesting the
      election.  However, if a contest is requested, the ballots not voted
      shall be preserved until the election contest is concluded.  

         Section History: Early Form

         [C51, § 269; R60, § 504; C73, § 630; C97, § 1141; C24, 27, 31, 35,
      39, § 848; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §
      50.9] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         93 Acts, ch 143, § 20; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §101