Bill Text: IA HF335 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the filing of nomination papers by persons seeking nomination by a nonparty political organization.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-20 - Subcommittee Meeting: 02/21/2019 8:30AM House Lounge. [HF335 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF335-Introduced.html
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Introduced
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FILE
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BY
HANUSA
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
filing
of
nomination
papers
by
persons
1
seeking
nomination
by
a
nonparty
political
organization.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
44.4,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
44.4
Nominations
and
objections
——
time
and
place
of
filing.
3
1.
Nominations
made
pursuant
to
this
chapter
and
chapter
4
45
which
are
required
to
be
filed
in
the
office
of
the
state
5
commissioner
shall
be
filed
in
that
office
not
more
than
6
ninety-nine
days
nor
later
than
5:00
p.m.
on
the
seventy-third
7
eighty-first
day
before
the
date
of
the
general
election
to
be
8
held
in
November
first
Tuesday
after
the
first
Monday
in
June
9
in
each
even-numbered
year
.
Nominations
made
for
a
special
10
election
called
pursuant
to
section
69.14
shall
be
filed
by
11
5:00
p.m.
not
less
than
twenty-five
days
before
the
date
of
an
12
election
called
upon
at
least
forty
days’
notice
and
not
less
13
than
fourteen
days
before
the
date
of
an
election
called
upon
14
at
least
eighteen
days’
notice.
Nominations
made
for
a
special
15
election
called
pursuant
to
section
69.14A
shall
be
filed
by
16
5:00
p.m.
not
less
than
twenty-five
days
before
the
date
of
17
the
election.
Nominations
made
pursuant
to
this
chapter
and
18
chapter
45
which
are
required
to
be
filed
in
the
office
of
19
the
commissioner
shall
be
filed
in
that
office
not
more
than
20
ninety-two
days
nor
later
than
5:00
p.m.
on
the
sixty-ninth
day
21
before
the
date
of
the
general
election
first
Tuesday
after
the
22
first
Monday
in
June
in
each
even-numbered
year
.
Nominations
23
made
pursuant
to
this
chapter
or
chapter
45
for
city
office
24
shall
be
filed
not
more
than
seventy-two
days
nor
later
than
25
5:00
p.m.
on
the
forty-seventh
day
before
the
city
election
26
with
the
county
commissioner
of
elections
responsible
under
27
section
47.2
for
conducting
elections
held
for
the
city,
who
28
shall
process
them
as
provided
by
law.
29
2.
a.
Objections
to
the
legal
sufficiency
of
a
certificate
30
of
nomination
or
nomination
petition
or
to
the
eligibility
31
of
a
candidate
may
be
filed
by
any
person
who
would
have
the
32
right
to
vote
for
a
candidate
for
the
office
in
question.
33
The
objections
must
be
filed
with
the
officer
with
whom
the
34
certificate
or
petition
is
filed
and
within
the
following
time:
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(1)
Those
filed
with
the
state
commissioner,
not
less
than
1
sixty-eight
seventy-four
days
before
the
date
of
the
election.
2
(2)
Those
filed
with
the
commissioner,
not
less
than
3
sixty-four
days
before
the
date
of
the
election,
except
as
4
provided
in
subparagraph
(3).
5
(3)
Those
filed
with
the
commissioner
for
an
elective
city
6
office,
at
least
forty-two
days
before
the
regularly
scheduled
7
or
special
city
election.
However,
for
those
cities
that
may
8
be
required
to
hold
a
primary
election,
at
least
sixty-three
9
days
before
the
regularly
scheduled
or
special
city
election.
10
(4)
In
the
case
of
nominations
to
fill
vacancies
occurring
11
after
the
time
when
an
original
nomination
for
an
office
is
12
required
to
be
filed,
objections
shall
be
filed
within
three
13
days
after
the
filing
of
the
certificate.
14
b.
Objections
shall
be
filed
no
later
than
5:00
p.m.
on
the
15
final
date
for
filing.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
changes
the
filing
deadline
for
nomination
papers
20
of
persons
seeking
to
be
a
nonparty
political
organization’s
21
candidate
for
elected
office.
The
bill
changes
the
deadlines
22
for
filing
nomination
papers
and
objections
to
the
same
23
deadline
that
is
applied
to
persons
seeking
to
be
a
political
24
party’s
candidate
for
elected
office.
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