Bill Text: IA HF2288 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to nominations of certain persons for political office, and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-07 - Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 218. [HF2288 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2288-Introduced.html
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BY
ISENHART
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
nominations
of
certain
persons
for
political
1
office,
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
43.17
Disqualification
of
certain
1
candidates.
2
A
person
who
files
an
affidavit
of
candidacy
pursuant
to
this
3
chapter
shall
not
file
an
affidavit
of
candidacy
pursuant
to
4
chapter
44
or
45
for
the
same
office
in
the
same
election.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
44.4,
subsection
1,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
6
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
7
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
Notwithstanding
paragraph
“a”
,
8
nominations
for
candidates
for
nonpartisan
offices
described
in
9
section
39.21
which
are
required
to
be
filed
in
the
office
of
10
the
commissioner
shall
be
filed
in
that
office
not
more
than
11
ninety-two
days
nor
later
than
5:00
p.m.
on
the
sixty-ninth
day
12
before
the
date
of
the
general
election.
13
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
14
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
relates
to
the
conduct
of
elections.
19
The
bill
prohibits
a
person
who
files
an
affidavit
of
20
candidacy
to
be
a
partisan
candidate
for
an
office
in
an
21
election
from
filing
an
affidavit
of
candidacy
to
be
a
22
candidate
for
a
nonparty
political
organization
or
to
be
23
nominated
by
petition
for
the
same
office
in
the
same
election.
24
The
bill
changes
the
filing
deadline
for
nominations
for
25
nonpartisan
offices
which
are
required
to
be
filed
in
the
26
office
of
the
county
commissioner
of
elections
from
not
later
27
than
5:00
p.m.
on
the
74th
day
before
the
first
Tuesday
after
28
the
first
Monday
in
June
in
each
even-numbered
year
to
not
29
later
than
5:00
p.m.
on
the
69th
day
before
the
date
of
the
30
general
election.
31
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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