45.5 - FORM OF NOMINATION PAPERS.
45.5 FORM OF NOMINATION PAPERS.
1. Nomination papers shall include a petition and an affidavit of
candidacy. All nomination petitions shall be eight and one-half by
eleven inches in size and shall be in substantially the form
prescribed by the state commissioner of elections. They shall
provide spaces for the following information:
a. A statement identifying the signers of the petition as
eligible electors of the appropriate ward, city, county, school
district or school district director district, or legislative
district and of the state of Iowa.
b. The name of the candidate nominated by the petition.
c. A statement that the candidate is or will be a resident of
the appropriate ward, city, county, school district, or legislative
or other district as required by section 39.27.
d. The office sought by the candidate, including the district
number, if any.
e. The name and date of the election for which the candidate
is nominated.
2. Signatures on a petition page shall be counted only if the
information required in subsection 1 is written or printed at the top
of the page. Nomination papers on behalf of candidates for seats in
the general assembly need only designate the number of the senatorial
or representative district, as appropriate, and not the county or
counties, in which the candidate and the petitioners reside. A
signature line in a nomination petition shall not be counted if the
line lacks the signature of the eligible elector and the signer's
address and city. A signature line shall not be counted if the
signer's address is obviously outside the boundaries of the
appropriate ward, city, school district or school district director
district, legislative district, or other district.
3. The pages of the petition shall be securely fastened together
to form a single bundle. Nomination petitions that are not bound
shall be returned without further examination. The state
commissioner shall prescribe by rule the acceptable methods for
binding nomination petitions.
4. The person examining the petition shall mark any deficiencies
on the petition. Signed nomination petitions and the signed and
notarized affidavit of candidacy shall not be altered to correct
deficiencies noted during the examination. If the nomination
petition lacks a sufficient number of acceptable signatures, the
nomination papers shall be rejected and returned to the candidate.
5. The nomination papers shall be rejected if the affidavit lacks
any of the following:
a. The candidate's name.
b. The name of the office sought, including the district, if
any.
c. The signature of the candidate.
d. The signature of a notary public or other officer
empowered to witness oaths.
6. The candidate may replace a deficient affidavit with a
corrected one only if the replacement is filed before the filing
deadline. The candidate may resubmit a nomination petition that has
been rejected by adding a sufficient number of pages or signatures to
correct the deficiency. A nomination petition and affidavit filed to
replace rejected nomination papers shall be filed together before the
deadline for filing. Section History: Recent Form
2002 Acts, ch 1134, §15, 115; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §23, 24; 2007
Acts, ch 59, §4, 19
Referred to in § 376.4
Oaths, see chapter 63A