Iowa Constitution
Article IV - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
§ 3 Governor and lieutenant governor elected jointly — returns of elections.
The electors shall designate their
selections for governor and lieutenant governor as if these two offices
were one and the same. The names of nominees for the governor and the
lieutenant governor shall be grouped together in a set on the ballot
according to which nominee for governor is seeking office with which
nominee for lieutenant governor, as prescribed by law. An elector shall
cast only one vote for both a nominee for governor and a nominee for
lieutenant governor. The returns of every election for governor and
lieutenant governor shall be sealed and transmitted to the seat of
government of the state, and directed to the speaker of the house of
representatives who shall open and publish them in the presence of both
houses of the general assembly.
Repealed and rewritten by Amendment 41 (1988)
1988 repeal and rewrite was effective beginning with the 1990 general election Statutory provisions, see Iowa Code §2.25 – 2.27, 50.31, and 50.35
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