Section 44.11 – Vacancies filled.
44.11 Vacancies filled. If a candidate named under this chapter withdraws or dies before the deadline established in section 44.9, declines a nomination, or if a certificate of nomination is held insufficient or inoperative by the officer with whom it is required to be filed, or in case any objection made to a certificate of […]
Section 44.12 – Insufficient time for convention.
44.12 Insufficient time for convention. If the time is insufficient for again holding such convention or caucus, or in case no such previous provisions have been made, such vacancy shall be filled by the regularly elected or appointed executive or central committee of the particular division or district representing the political organization holding such convention, […]
Section 44.13 – Certificates in matter of vacancies.
44.13 Certificates in matter of vacancies. The certificates of nominations made to fill such vacancies shall state, in addition to the facts and candidate’s affidavit required in an original certificate, the name of the original nominee, the date of death or declination of nomination, or the fact that the former nomination has been held insufficient […]
Section 44.14 – Filing of certificates.
44.14 Filing of certificates. Certificates of nominations made to fill vacancies, as required by section 44.13, shall be filed with the officer designated and at the time required by section 44.11. [C97, §1104; SS15, §1104; C24, §655; C27, 31, 35, §655-a14; C39, §655.14; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, […]
Section 44.15 – Presumption of validity.
44.15 Presumption of validity. Certificates thus filed, and being apparently in conformity with law, shall be regarded as valid, unless objection in writing thereto shall be made, and, under proper regulations, shall be open to public inspection, and preserved by the receiving officer for not less than six months after the election is held. [C97, […]
Section 44.16 – Return of papers — additions not allowed.
44.16 Return of papers — additions not allowed. After a nomination petition or certificate has been filed, it shall not be returned to the candidate or person who has filed the document, and no signature or other information shall be added to the nomination petition or certificate. [C97, §1104; SS15, §1104; C24, §655; C27, 31, […]
Section 44.17 – Nominations by petition.
44.17 Nominations by petition. 1. In lieu of holding a caucus or convention, a nonparty political organization may nominate by petition pursuant to chapter 45 not more than one candidate for any partisan office to be filled at the general election. 2. The nonparty political organization may also file with the appropriate commissioner a list […]
Section 44.18 – Affiliation on voter registration form.
44.18 Affiliation on voter registration form. 1. A nonparty political organization that nominated a candidate whose name appeared on the general election ballot for a federal office, for governor, or for any other statewide elective office in any of the preceding ten years may request registration of voters showing their affiliation with the nonparty political […]
Section 44.8 – Hearing before mayor.
44.8 Hearing before mayor. 1. Objections filed with the city clerk pursuant to section 362.4 or with the commissioner for an elective city office shall be considered by the mayor and clerk and one member of the council chosen by the council by ballot, and a majority decision shall be final. However, if the objection […]
Section 44.9 – Withdrawals.
44.9 Withdrawals. Any candidate named under this chapter may withdraw the candidate’s nomination by a written request filed as follows: 1. In the office of the state commissioner, at least eighty-one days before the date of the election, or for withdrawals of nominations filed under section 44.4, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, at least seventy-six days […]