Bill Text: IA HF541 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to ballots for school board elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-02 - Subcommittee Meeting: 03/03/2021 7:30AM House Lounge (Cancelled). [HF541 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF541-Introduced.html
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BY
BODEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
ballots
for
school
board
elections.
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BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
49.57,
subsection
2,
Code
2021,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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2.
After
the
name
of
each
candidate
for
a
partisan
office
3
or
for
election
to
a
school
board
the
name
of
the
candidate’s
4
political
party
shall
be
printed
in
at
least
six
point
5
type.
The
names
of
political
parties
and
nonparty
political
6
organizations
may
be
abbreviated
on
the
remainder
of
the
ballot
7
if
both
the
full
name
and
the
abbreviation
appear
in
the
voter
8
instruction
area
of
the
ballot.
9
EXPLANATION
10
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
11
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
12
This
bill
relates
to
ballots
for
school
board
elections.
The
13
bill
requires
the
political
party
of
a
candidate
for
election
14
to
a
school
board
to
be
printed
after
the
name
of
the
candidate
15
on
the
ballot.
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