Bill Text: IA HF519 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the election of presidential electors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-15 - Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 390. [HF519 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF519-Introduced.html
House
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
519
BY
ANDERSON
,
HANSEN
,
and
COHOON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
election
of
presidential
electors.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
50.45,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
50.45
Canvass
public
——
result
determined.
3
1.
All
canvasses
of
tally
lists
shall
be
public,
and
the
4
persons
having
the
greatest
number
of
votes
shall
be
declared
5
elected
,
except
as
provided
in
subsection
2
.
When
a
public
6
measure
has
been
submitted
to
the
electors,
the
proposition
7
shall
be
declared
to
have
been
adopted
if
the
vote
cast
in
8
favor
of
the
question
is
greater
than
fifty
percent
of
the
9
total
vote
cast
in
favor
and
against
the
question,
unless
10
laws
pertaining
specifically
to
the
public
measure
election
11
establish
a
higher
percentage
of
a
favorable
vote.
All
12
ballots
cast
and
not
counted
as
a
vote
in
favor
or
against
the
13
proposition
shall
not
be
used
in
computing
the
total
vote
cast
14
in
favor
and
against
the
proposition.
15
2.
The
persons
declared
elected
to
the
position
of
16
presidential
elector
shall
be
as
follows:
17
a.
Two
persons
shall
be
declared
elected
who
were
selected
18
by
the
political
party,
or
group
of
petitioners,
of
the
19
candidates
for
president
and
vice
president
who
have
the
20
greatest
number
of
votes
statewide.
21
b.
One
person
shall
be
declared
elected
from
each
22
congressional
district
who
was
selected
by
the
political
party,
23
or
group
of
petitioners,
of
the
candidates
for
president
and
24
vice
president
who
have
the
greatest
number
of
votes
in
that
25
congressional
district.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
relates
to
the
election
of
presidential
electors.
30
The
bill
changes
the
allocation
of
presidential
electors
such
31
that
two
are
declared
elected
from
the
political
party,
or
32
group
of
petitioners,
of
the
candidates
for
president
and
vice
33
president
who
received
the
greatest
number
of
votes
statewide
34
and
one
elector
is
declared
elected
from
each
congressional
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district
who
was
selected
by
the
political
party,
or
group
of
1
petitioners,
of
the
candidates
for
president
and
vice
president
2
having
the
greatest
number
of
votes
in
that
congressional
3
district.
Under
current
law,
all
presidential
electors
are
4
allocated
to
the
statewide
winner.
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