45.1 - NOMINATIONS BY PETITION.



        45.1  NOMINATIONS BY PETITION.
         1.  Nominations for candidates for president and vice president,
      governor and lieutenant governor, and for other statewide elected
      offices may be made by nomination petitions signed by not less than
      one thousand five hundred eligible electors residing in not less than
      ten counties of the state.
         2.  Nominations for candidates for a representative in the United
      States house of representatives may be made by nomination petitions
      signed by not less than the number of eligible electors equal to the
      number of signatures required in subsection 1 divided by the number
      of congressional districts.  Signers of the petition shall be
      eligible electors who are residents of the congressional district.
         3.  Nominations for candidates for the state senate may be made by
      nomination petitions signed by not less than one hundred eligible
      electors who are residents of the senate district.
         4.  Nominations for candidates for the state house of
      representatives may be made by nomination petitions signed by not
      less than fifty eligible electors who are residents of the
      representative district.
         5.  Nominations for candidates for offices filled by the voters of
      a whole county may be made by nomination petitions signed by eligible
      electors who are residents of the county equal in number to at least
      one percent of the number of registered voters in the county on July
      1 in the year preceding the year in which the office will appear on
      the ballot, or by at least two hundred fifty eligible electors who
      are residents of the county, whichever is less.
         6.  Nominations for candidates for the office of county supervisor
      elected by the voters of a supervisor district may be made by
      nomination petitions signed by eligible electors who are residents of
      the supervisor district equal in number to at least one percent of
      the number of registered voters in the supervisor district on July 1
      in the year preceding the year in which the office will appear on the
      ballot, or by at least one hundred fifty eligible electors who are
      residents of the supervisor district, whichever is less.
         7. a.  Nomination papers for the offices of president and vice
      president shall include the names of the candidates for both offices
      on each page of the petition.  A certificate listing the names of the
      candidates for presidential electors, one from each congressional
      district and two from the state at large, shall be filed in the state
      commissioner's office at the same time the nomination papers are
      filed.
         b.  Nomination papers for the offices of governor and
      lieutenant governor shall include the names of candidates for both
      offices on each page of the petition.  Nomination papers for other
      statewide elected offices and all other offices shall include the
      name of the candidate on each page of the petition.
         8.  Nominations for candidates for elective offices in cities
      where the council has adopted nominations under this chapter may be
      submitted as follows:
         a.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 9, in cities
      having a population of three thousand five hundred or greater
      according to the most recent federal decennial census, nominations
      may be made by nomination papers signed by not less than twenty-five
      eligible electors who are residents of the city or ward.
         b.  In cities having a population of one hundred or greater,
      but less than three thousand five hundred, according to the most
      recent federal decennial census, nominations may be made by
      nomination papers signed by not less than ten eligible electors who
      are residents of the city or ward.
         c.  In cities having a population less than one hundred
      according to the most recent federal decennial census, nominations
      may be made by nomination papers signed by not less than five
      eligible electors who are residents of the city.
         9.  Nominations for candidates, other than partisan candidates,
      for elective offices in special charter cities subject to section
      43.112 may be submitted as follows:
         a.  For the office of mayor and alderman at large, nominations
      may be made by nomination papers signed by eligible electors residing
      in the city equal in number to at least two percent of the total vote
      received by all candidates for mayor at the last preceding city
      election.
         b.  For the office of ward alderman, nominations may be made
      by nomination papers signed by eligible electors residing in the ward
      equal in number to at least two percent of the total vote received by
      all candidates for ward alderman in that ward at the last preceding
      city election.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C97, § 1100; C24, § 651; C27, 31, 35, § 655-a17; C39, §
      655.17; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 45.1;
      81 Acts, ch 34, § 7] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         86 Acts, ch 1224, § 7; 88 Acts, ch 1119, § 10, 11; 89 Acts, ch
      136, §27; 93 Acts, ch 143, § 8; 94 Acts, ch 1180, §10; 2007 Acts, ch
      25, §2; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §10
         Referred to in § 45.6