2009 Iowa Code
Title 2 - Elections and Official Duties
Subtitle 1 - Elections
CHAPTER 43 - PARTISAN NOMINATIONS == PRIMARY ELECTION
43.2 - DEFINITIONS.

        43.2  DEFINITIONS.
         The term "political party" shall mean a party which, at the
      last preceding general election, cast for its candidate for president
      of the United States or for governor, as the case may be, at least
      two percent of the total vote cast for all candidates for that office
      at that election.  It shall be the responsibility of the state
      commissioner to determine whether any organization claiming to be a
      political party qualifies as such under the foregoing definition.
         A political organization which is not a "political party" within
      the meaning of this section may nominate candidates and have the
      names of such candidates placed upon the official ballot by
      proceeding under chapters 44 and 45.
         As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,
      "book", "list", "record", or "schedule" kept by a
      county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other
      county officer means the county system as defined in section 445.1.
      

         Section History: Early Form

         [S13, § 1087-a3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 528; C46, 50, 54, 58,
      62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 43.2] 

         Section History: Recent Form

         2000 Acts, ch 1148, §1
         Referred to in § 42.1, 44.18, 48A.11, 49.58, 68A.102, 68A.601,
      68A.602, 99B.7, 421.1A
         Nominations by petition or nonparty organizations, § 43.121