2015 Iowa Code
TITLE II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES
SUBTITLE 1 - ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 50 - CANVASS OF VOTES
Section 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.
[C97, §1142; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §850; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §50.11]
2002 Acts, ch 1134, §45,115
Referred to in 50.15A, 52.37