Bill Text: IA HF56 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for the nonpartisan election and nomination by county primary election of county officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-12 - Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. [HF56 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF56-Introduced.html
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BY
McKEAN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
the
nonpartisan
election
and
nomination
by
1
county
primary
election
of
county
officers.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
39.21,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5.
The
county
officers
described
in
3
sections
39.17
and
39.18.
4
Sec.
2.
Section
43.6,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
5
follows:
6
43.6
Nomination
of
U.
S.
senators
,
and
state
and
county
7
officers.
8
1.
Candidates
for
the
office
of
senator
in
the
Congress
9
of
the
United
States
,
and
the
offices
listed
in
section
39.9
,
10
county
supervisor,
and
the
offices
listed
in
section
39.17
11
shall
be
nominated
in
the
year
preceding
the
expiration
of
the
12
term
of
office
of
the
incumbent.
13
1.
2.
When
a
vacancy
occurs
in
the
office
of
senator
in
14
the
Congress
of
the
United
States,
secretary
of
state,
auditor
15
of
state,
treasurer
of
state,
secretary
of
agriculture,
or
16
attorney
general
and
section
69.13
requires
that
the
vacancy
17
be
filled
for
the
balance
of
the
unexpired
term
at
a
general
18
election,
candidates
for
the
office
shall
be
nominated
in
the
19
preceding
primary
election
if
the
vacancy
occurs
eighty-nine
20
or
more
days
before
the
date
of
that
primary
election.
If
the
21
vacancy
occurs
less
than
one
hundred
four
days
before
the
date
22
of
that
primary
election,
the
state
commissioner
shall
accept
23
nomination
papers
for
that
office
only
until
5:00
p.m.
on
the
24
seventy-fourth
day
before
the
primary
election,
the
provisions
25
of
section
43.11
notwithstanding.
If
the
vacancy
occurs
later
26
than
eighty-nine
days
before
the
date
of
that
primary
election,
27
but
not
less
than
eighty-one
days
before
the
date
of
the
28
general
election,
the
nominations
shall
be
made
in
the
manner
29
prescribed
by
this
chapter
for
filling
vacancies
in
nominations
30
for
offices
to
be
voted
for
at
the
general
election.
31
2.
When
a
vacancy
occurs
in
the
office
of
county
supervisor
32
or
any
of
the
offices
listed
in
section
39.17
and
more
than
33
seventy
days
remain
in
the
term
of
office
following
the
next
34
general
election,
the
office
shall
be
filled
for
the
balance
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of
the
unexpired
term
at
that
general
election
unless
the
1
vacancy
has
been
filled
by
a
special
election
called
more
2
than
seventy-three
days
before
the
primary
election.
If
3
the
vacancy
occurs
more
than
seventy-three
days
before
the
4
primary
election,
political
party
candidates
for
that
office
5
at
the
next
general
election
shall
be
nominated
at
the
primary
6
election.
If
an
appointment
to
fill
the
vacancy
in
office
is
7
made
eighty-eight
or
more
days
before
the
primary
election
and
8
a
petition
requesting
a
special
election
has
not
been
received
9
within
fourteen
days
after
the
appointment
is
made,
candidates
10
for
the
office
shall
be
nominated
at
the
primary
election.
11
Sec.
3.
Section
43.11,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
12
follows:
13
43.11
Filing
of
nomination
papers.
14
Nomination
papers
in
behalf
of
a
candidate
shall
be
filed:
15
1.
For
an
elective
county
office,
in
the
office
of
the
16
county
commissioner
not
earlier
than
ninety-two
days
nor
later
17
than
5:00
p.m.
on
the
sixty-ninth
day
before
the
day
fixed
for
18
holding
the
primary
election.
19
2.
For
Nomination
papers
in
behalf
of
a
candidate
20
for
United
States
senator,
for
an
elective
state
office,
21
for
representative
in
Congress,
and
for
member
of
the
22
general
assembly,
shall
be
filed
in
the
office
of
the
state
23
commissioner
not
earlier
than
ninety-nine
days
nor
later
than
24
5:00
p.m.
on
the
eighty-first
day
before
the
day
fixed
for
25
holding
the
primary
election.
26
Sec.
4.
Section
43.15,
subsection
3,
Code
2019,
is
amended
27
to
read
as
follows:
28
3.
All
signers,
for
all
nominations,
of
each
separate
29
part
of
a
nomination
paper,
shall
reside
in
the
same
county,
30
representative
or
senatorial
district
for
members
of
the
31
general
assembly.
In
counties
where
the
supervisors
are
32
elected
from
districts,
signers
of
nomination
petitions
for
33
supervisor
candidates
shall
reside
in
the
supervisor
district
34
the
candidate
seeks
to
represent.
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Sec.
5.
Section
43.20,
subsection
1,
paragraph
d,
Code
2019,
1
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
2
Sec.
6.
Section
43.24,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
3
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
striking
the
4
subparagraph.
5
Sec.
7.
Section
43.24,
subsection
3,
paragraph
b,
Code
2019,
6
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
7
Sec.
8.
Section
43.51,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
8
follows:
9
43.51
Finality
of
canvass.
10
Such
canvass
and
certificate
shall
be
final
as
to
all
11
candidates
for
nomination
to
any
elective
county
office
or
12
office
of
a
subdivision
of
a
county
special
charter
city
.
13
Sec.
9.
Section
43.53,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
14
follows:
15
43.53
Nominees
for
subdivision
special
charter
city
office
16
——
write-in
candidates.
17
The
nominee
of
each
political
party
for
any
office
to
be
18
filled
by
the
voters
of
any
political
subdivision
special
19
charter
city
within
the
county
shall
be
the
person
receiving
20
the
highest
number
of
votes
cast
in
the
primary
election
by
21
the
voters
of
that
party
for
the
office.
That
person
shall
22
appear
as
the
party’s
candidate
for
the
office
on
the
general
23
election
ballot.
A
person
whose
name
is
not
printed
on
the
24
official
primary
ballot
shall
not
be
declared
nominated
as
a
25
candidate
for
such
office
in
the
general
regular
city
election
26
unless
that
person
receives
at
least
five
votes.
Nomination
of
27
a
candidate
for
the
office
of
county
supervisor
elected
from
a
28
district
within
the
county
shall
be
governed
by
section
43.52
29
and
not
by
this
section
.
30
Sec.
10.
Section
43.66,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
31
follows:
32
43.66
Write-in
candidates.
33
The
fact
that
the
candidate
who
receives
the
highest
number
34
of
votes
cast
for
any
party’s
nomination
for
an
office
to
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which
section
43.52
or
43.65
is
applicable
is
a
person
whose
1
name
was
not
printed
on
the
official
primary
election
ballot
2
shall
not
affect
the
validity
of
the
person’s
nomination
as
a
3
candidate
for
that
office
in
the
general
election.
However,
4
if
there
is
no
candidate
on
the
official
primary
ballot
of
5
a
political
party
for
nomination
to
a
particular
office,
a
6
write-in
candidate
may
obtain
the
party’s
nomination
to
that
7
office
in
the
primary
if
the
candidate
receives
a
number
of
8
votes
equal
to
at
least
thirty-five
percent
of
the
total
vote
9
cast
for
all
of
that
party’s
candidates
for
that
office
in
10
the
last
preceding
primary
election
for
which
the
party
had
11
candidates
on
the
ballot
for
that
office.
If
there
have
been
12
no
candidates
from
a
political
party
for
a
seat
in
the
general
13
assembly
since
the
most
recent
redistricting
of
the
general
14
assembly,
a
write-in
candidate
shall
be
considered
nominated
15
who
receives
a
number
of
votes
equal
to
at
least
thirty-five
16
percent
of
the
total
votes
cast,
at
the
last
preceding
primary
17
election
in
the
precincts
which
currently
constitute
the
18
general
assembly
district,
for
all
of
that
party’s
candidates
19
for
representative
in
the
Congress
of
the
United
States
or
20
who
receives
at
least
one
hundred
votes,
whichever
number
is
21
greater.
When
two
or
more
nominees
are
required,
the
division
22
procedure
prescribed
in
section
43.52
shall
be
applied
to
23
establish
the
minimum
number
of
write-in
votes
necessary
for
24
nomination.
If
the
primary
is
inconclusive,
the
necessary
25
nominations
shall
be
made
in
accordance
with
section
43.78,
26
subsection
1
.
27
Sec.
11.
Section
43.67,
subsection
1,
Code
2019,
is
amended
28
to
read
as
follows:
29
1.
Each
candidate
nominated
pursuant
to
section
43.52
30
or
43.65
or
43A.3
is
entitled
to
have
the
candidate’s
name
31
printed
on
the
official
ballot
to
be
voted
at
the
general
32
election
without
other
certificate
unless
the
candidate
was
33
nominated
by
write-in
votes.
Immediately
after
the
completion
34
of
the
canvass
held
under
section
43.49
,
the
county
auditor
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shall
notify
each
person
who
was
nominated
by
write-in
votes
1
for
a
county
office
that
the
person
is
required
to
file
an
2
affidavit
of
candidacy
if
the
person
wishes
to
be
a
candidate
3
for
that
office
at
the
general
election.
Immediately
after
4
the
completion
of
the
canvass
held
under
section
43.63
,
the
5
secretary
of
state
shall
notify
each
person
who
was
nominated
6
by
write-in
votes
for
a
state
or
federal
office
that
the
7
person
is
required
to
file
an
affidavit
of
candidacy
if
the
8
person
wishes
to
be
a
candidate
for
that
office
at
the
general
9
election.
If
the
affidavit
is
not
filed
by
5:00
p.m.
on
the
10
seventh
day
after
the
completion
of
the
canvass,
that
person’s
11
name
shall
not
be
placed
upon
the
official
general
election
12
ballot.
The
affidavit
shall
be
signed
by
the
candidate,
13
notarized,
and
filed
with
the
county
auditor
or
the
secretary
14
of
state
,
whichever
is
applicable
.
15
Sec.
12.
Section
43.77,
subsection
2,
Code
2019,
is
amended
16
to
read
as
follows:
17
2.
The
primary
election
was
inconclusive
as
to
that
office
18
because
no
candidate
for
the
party’s
nomination
for
that
office
19
received
the
number
of
votes
required
by
section
43.52,
43.53
,
20
or
43.65
,
whichever
is
applicable.
21
Sec.
13.
Section
43.77,
subsection
5,
Code
2019,
is
amended
22
by
striking
the
subsection.
23
Sec.
14.
Section
43.78,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
d,
e,
and
24
f,
Code
2019,
are
amended
by
striking
the
paragraphs.
25
Sec.
15.
Section
43.78,
subsection
3,
Code
2019,
is
amended
26
by
striking
the
subsection.
27
Sec.
16.
Section
43.78,
subsection
4,
Code
2019,
is
amended
28
to
read
as
follows:
29
4.
Political
party
candidates
for
a
vacant
seat
in
30
the
United
States
house
of
representatives
,
the
board
of
31
supervisors,
the
elected
county
offices,
or
the
general
32
assembly
which
is
to
be
filled
at
a
special
election
called
33
pursuant
to
section
69.14
or
69.14A
shall
be
nominated
in
the
34
manner
provided
by
subsection
1
of
this
section
for
filling
a
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vacancy
on
the
general
election
ballot
for
the
same
office.
1
The
name
of
a
candidate
so
nominated
shall
be
submitted
in
2
writing
to
the
appropriate
commissioner,
as
required
by
section
3
43.88
,
at
the
earliest
practicable
time.
4
Sec.
17.
Section
43.79,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
5
follows:
6
43.79
Death
of
candidate
after
time
for
withdrawal.
7
The
death
of
a
candidate
nominated
as
provided
by
law
for
any
8
office
to
be
filled
at
a
general
election,
during
the
period
9
beginning
on
the
eighty-first
day
before
the
general
election
,
10
in
the
case
of
any
candidate
whose
nomination
papers
were
filed
11
with
the
state
commissioner,
or
beginning
on
the
seventy-third
12
day
before
the
general
election,
in
the
case
of
any
candidate
13
whose
nomination
papers
were
filed
with
the
commissioner,
14
and
ending
on
the
last
day
before
the
general
election
shall
15
not
operate
to
remove
the
deceased
candidate’s
name
from
the
16
general
election
ballot.
If
the
deceased
candidate
was
seeking
17
the
office
of
senator
or
representative
in
the
Congress
of
18
the
United
States,
governor,
attorney
general,
or
senator
or
19
representative
in
the
general
assembly
or
county
supervisor
,
20
section
49.58
shall
control.
If
the
deceased
candidate
was
21
seeking
any
other
office,
and
as
a
result
of
the
candidate’s
22
death
a
vacancy
is
subsequently
found
to
exist,
the
vacancy
23
shall
be
filled
as
provided
by
chapter
69
.
24
Sec.
18.
NEW
SECTION
.
43A.1
County
primary
election.
25
At
the
same
time
and
on
the
same
ballot
as
the
primary
26
election,
and
in
all
respects
governed
and
conducted
as
27
prescribed
by
law
for
the
primary
election,
except
as
otherwise
28
provided
in
this
chapter,
there
shall
be
conducted
a
county
29
primary
election
for
the
nonpartisan
county
offices
described
30
in
sections
39.17
and
39.18.
31
Sec.
19.
NEW
SECTION
.
43A.2
Nominations
——
objections.
32
1.
Nomination
papers
in
behalf
of
a
candidate
for
an
33
elective
county
office,
required
pursuant
to
chapter
44
or
45,
34
shall
be
filed
in
the
office
of
the
county
commissioner
not
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earlier
than
ninety-two
days
nor
later
than
5:00
p.m.
on
the
1
sixty-ninth
day
before
the
day
fixed
for
holding
the
county
2
primary
election.
3
2.
In
counties
where
the
supervisors
are
elected
from
4
districts,
signers
of
nomination
petitions
for
supervisor
5
candidates
shall
reside
in
the
supervisor
district
the
6
candidate
seeks
to
represent
and
be
signed
by
eligible
electors
7
who
are
residents
of
the
district
equal
in
number
to
at
least
8
one
percent
of
the
number
of
registered
voters
in
the
district
9
on
July
1
in
the
year
preceding
the
year
in
which
the
office
10
will
appear
on
the
ballot,
or
by
at
least
two
hundred
fifty
11
eligible
electors
who
are
residents
of
the
county,
whichever
12
is
less.
13
3.
Objections
shall
be
filed
with
the
commissioner
not
less
14
than
sixty-four
days
before
the
date
of
the
election.
15
Sec.
20.
NEW
SECTION
.
43A.3
Finality
of
canvass.
16
The
canvass
by
the
board
of
supervisors
conducted
pursuant
17
to
section
43.49
and
certification
under
section
43.50
shall
18
be
final
as
to
all
candidates
for
nomination
to
any
elective
19
county
office.
20
Sec.
21.
NEW
SECTION
.
43A.4
Nominees
for
county
office.
21
1.
The
nominees
for
any
office
to
be
filled
by
the
voters
22
of
the
entire
county,
except
for
the
nominees
for
county
23
supervisor
when
multiple
county
supervisors
will
be
elected
24
at
the
same
general
election,
or
for
the
office
of
county
25
supervisor
elected
from
a
district
within
the
county,
shall
be
26
the
two
persons
receiving
the
greatest
number
of
votes
cast
in
27
the
county
primary
election
by
the
voters,
and
those
persons
28
shall
appear
on
the
general
election
ballot.
29
2.
For
the
nominees
for
county
supervisor
to
be
filled
30
by
the
voters
of
the
entire
county
when
multiple
county
31
supervisors
will
be
elected
at
the
same
general
election,
the
32
number
of
nominees
to
appear
on
the
election
ballot
shall
33
be
twice
the
number
of
seats
to
be
elected
at
the
general
34
election.
The
required
number
of
persons
who
receive
the
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greatest
number
of
votes
cast
in
the
county
primary
election
by
1
the
voters
of
the
county
shall
be
the
nominees
for
the
general
2
election,
but
no
candidate
is
nominated
who
fails
to
receive
3
thirty-five
percent
of
the
number
of
votes
found
by
dividing
4
the
number
of
votes
cast
by
voters
for
the
office
in
question
5
by
the
number
of
persons
to
be
elected
to
that
office.
If
the
6
county
primary
election
is
inconclusive
under
this
paragraph,
7
the
names
of
all
candidates
that
appeared
on
the
county
primary
8
election
ballot
shall
appear
on
the
general
election
ballot.
9
3.
Immediately
after
the
completion
of
the
canvass,
the
10
county
auditor
shall
notify
each
person
who
was
nominated
by
11
write-in
votes
for
a
county
office
that
the
person
is
required
12
to
file
an
affidavit
of
candidacy
if
the
person
wishes
to
be
13
a
candidate
for
that
office
at
the
general
election.
The
14
affidavit
shall
be
signed
by
the
candidate,
notarized,
and
15
filed
with
the
county
auditor.
16
Sec.
22.
NEW
SECTION
.
43A.5
Withdrawal
of
nominated
17
candidate.
18
A
candidate
nominated
for
a
county
office
in
a
county
primary
19
election
may
withdraw
as
a
nominee
for
that
office
on
or
20
before,
but
not
later
than,
the
seventy-fourth
day
before
the
21
date
of
the
general
election
by
so
notifying
the
commissioner
22
in
writing.
23
Sec.
23.
NEW
SECTION
.
43A.6
Right
to
place
on
ballot.
24
Each
candidate
nominated
pursuant
to
section
43A.3
is
25
entitled
to
have
the
candidate’s
name
printed
on
the
official
26
ballot
to
be
voted
for
at
the
general
election
if
the
candidate
27
files
an
affidavit
in
the
form
required
by
section
43.67
28
not
later
than
5:00
p.m.
on
the
seventh
day
following
the
29
completion
of
the
canvass.
30
Sec.
24.
Section
49.37,
subsection
4,
Code
2019,
is
amended
31
to
read
as
follows:
32
4.
The
commissioner
shall
arrange
the
partisan
county
33
offices
on
the
ballot
with
the
board
of
supervisors
first,
34
followed
by
the
other
county
offices
in
the
same
sequence
in
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which
they
appear
in
section
39.17
.
Nonpartisan
,
followed
by
1
the
offices
shall
be
listed
after
partisan
offices
in
section
2
39.21,
in
the
same
sequence
in
which
they
appear
in
that
3
section
.
4
Sec.
25.
Section
49.104,
subsection
5,
Code
2019,
is
amended
5
to
read
as
follows:
6
5.
One
observer
at
a
time
representing
any
nonparty
7
political
organization,
any
candidate
nominated
by
petition
8
pursuant
to
chapter
45
,
or
any
other
nonpartisan
candidate
9
in
a
city
or
school
election,
appearing
on
the
ballot
of
the
10
election
in
progress.
Candidates
who
send
observers
to
the
11
polls
shall
provide
each
observer
with
a
letter
of
appointment
12
in
the
form
prescribed
by
the
state
commissioner.
13
Sec.
26.
Section
53.23,
subsection
4,
Code
2019,
is
amended
14
to
read
as
follows:
15
4.
The
room
where
members
of
the
special
precinct
election
16
board
are
engaged
in
counting
absentee
ballots
on
the
day
17
before
the
election
pursuant
to
subsection
3
,
paragraph
“c”
,
18
or
during
the
hours
the
polls
are
open
shall
be
policed
so
19
as
to
prevent
any
person
other
than
those
whose
presence
is
20
authorized
by
this
subsection
from
obtaining
information
21
about
the
progress
of
the
count.
The
only
persons
who
may
22
be
admitted
to
that
room
are
the
members
of
the
board,
five
23
challengers
representing
each
political
party,
one
observer
24
representing
any
nonparty
political
organization
or
any
25
candidate
nominated
by
petition
pursuant
to
chapter
45
or
26
any
other
nonpartisan
candidate
in
a
city
or
school
election
27
appearing
on
the
ballot
of
the
election
in
progress,
one
28
observer
representing
persons
supporting
a
public
measure
29
appearing
on
the
ballot
and
one
observer
representing
30
persons
opposed
to
such
measure,
and
the
commissioner
or
the
31
commissioner’s
designee.
It
shall
be
unlawful
for
any
of
these
32
persons
to
communicate
or
attempt
to
communicate,
directly
or
33
indirectly,
information
regarding
the
progress
of
the
count
at
34
any
time
while
the
board
is
convened
pursuant
to
subsection
3
,
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paragraph
“c”
,
or
at
any
time
before
the
polls
are
closed.
1
Sec.
27.
Section
69.12,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2019,
2
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3
When
Except
as
otherwise
provided
in
section
69.14A,
when
4
a
vacancy
occurs
in
any
nonpartisan
elective
office
of
a
5
political
subdivision
of
this
state,
and
the
statutes
governing
6
the
office
in
which
the
vacancy
occurs
require
that
it
be
7
filled
by
election
or
are
silent
as
to
the
method
of
filling
8
the
vacancy,
it
shall
be
filled
pursuant
to
this
section
.
As
9
used
in
this
section
,
“pending
election”
means
any
election
10
at
which
there
will
be
on
the
ballot
either
the
office
in
11
which
the
vacancy
exists,
or
any
other
office
to
be
filled
or
12
any
public
question
to
be
decided
by
the
voters
of
the
same
13
political
subdivision
in
which
the
vacancy
exists.
14
Sec.
28.
Section
69.14A,
subsection
4,
Code
2019,
is
amended
15
by
striking
the
subsection.
16
Sec.
29.
Section
331.238,
subsection
3,
Code
2019,
is
17
amended
to
read
as
follows:
18
3.
An
alternative
form
of
county
government
shall
provide
19
for
the
partisan
nonpartisan
election
of
its
officers.
20
Sec.
30.
Section
331.261,
subsection
1,
paragraph
k,
Code
21
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
22
k.
The
partisan
nonpartisan
election
of
community
23
commonwealth
government
officials.
24
Sec.
31.
Section
331.383,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
25
follows:
26
331.383
Duties
and
powers
relating
to
elections.
27
The
board
shall
ensure
that
the
county
commissioner
of
28
elections
conducts
primary,
county
primary,
general,
city,
29
school,
and
special
elections
in
accordance
with
applicable
30
state
law.
The
board
shall
canvass
elections
in
accordance
31
with
sections
43.49
to
43.51
,
43.60
to
43.62
,
46.24
,
50.13
,
32
50.24
to
50.29
,
50.44
to
50.47
,
260C.39
,
275.25
,
277.20
,
376.1
,
33
376.7
,
and
376.9
.
The
board
shall
prepare
and
deliver
a
list
34
of
persons
nominated
in
accordance
with
section
43.55
,
provide
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for
a
recount
in
accordance
with
section
50.48
,
provide
for
1
election
precincts
in
accordance
with
sections
49.3
,
49.4
,
49.6
2
to
49.8
,
and
49.11
,
pay
election
costs
as
provided
in
section
3
47.3
,
participate
in
election
contests
as
provided
in
sections
4
62.1A
and
62.9
,
and
perform
other
election
duties
required
by
5
state
law.
The
board
may
provide
for
the
use
of
an
optical
scan
6
voting
system
as
provided
in
sections
52.2
,
52.3
,
and
52.8
,
and
7
exercise
other
election
powers
as
provided
by
state
law.
8
Sec.
32.
REPEAL.
Sections
43.52
and
43.54,
Code
2019,
are
9
repealed.
10
EXPLANATION
11
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
12
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
13
This
bill
requires
that
county
supervisors,
auditors,
14
sheriffs,
treasurers,
recorders,
and
attorneys
be
nominated
and
15
elected
on
a
nonpartisan
basis.
The
bill
establishes
a
county
16
primary
election
for
the
nomination
of
nonpartisan
county
17
officers
to
the
general
election
ballot.
The
county
primary
18
election
is
required
to
be
administered
concurrently
with
the
19
primary
election,
as
provided
for
in
the
bill.
Under
the
bill,
20
the
number
of
candidates
to
be
nominated
at
the
county
primary
21
election
is
required
to
be
twice
the
number
of
officers
to
22
be
elected
to
a
particular
office
at
the
general
election.
23
The
candidates
receiving
the
greatest
number
of
votes
in
the
24
county
primary
election
are
nominated
and
entitled
to
have
the
25
candidate’s
name
printed
on
the
official
ballot
to
be
voted
for
26
at
the
general
election,
as
provided
for
under
the
bill.
27
Under
the
bill,
nonpartisan
candidates
for
county
office
28
and
other
nonpartisan
candidates
are
extended
the
same
rights
29
to
observe
elections
conduct
that
are
provided
to
nonpartisan
30
candidates
for
city
and
school
district
office
under
current
31
law.
The
bill
also
makes
corresponding
changes,
and
maintains
32
current
law
related
to
the
conduct
of
partisan
elections
for
33
special
charter
cities.
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