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Home » US Law » 2022 Iowa Code » Title II - ELECTIONS AND OFFICIAL DUTIES » Chapter 52 - VOTING SYSTEMS

Section 52.1 – Voting systems — definitions.

52.1 Voting systems — definitions. 1. At all elections conducted under chapter 49, and at any other election unless the commissioner directs otherwise pursuant to section 49.26, votes shall be cast, registered, recorded, and counted by means of optical scan voting systems, in accordance with this chapter. 2. As used in this chapter, unless the […]

Section 52.19 – Instructions.

52.19 Instructions. In case any elector after entering the voting booth shall ask for further instructions concerning the manner of voting, two precinct election officials of opposite political parties shall give such instructions to the elector; but no precinct election official or other election officer or person assisting an elector shall in any manner request, […]

Section 52.2 – Optical scan voting system required.

52.2 Optical scan voting system required. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, for elections held on or after November 4, 2008, a county shall use an optical scan voting system only. The requirements of the federal Help America Vote Act, Pub. L. No. 107-252, 116 Stat. 1666, relating to disabled voters shall be met by […]

Section 52.23 – Written statements of election.

52.23 Written statements of election. After the total vote for each candidate has been ascertained, and before leaving the room or voting place, the precinct election officials shall make and sign the tally list required in section 50.16. One copy of the printed results from each tabulating device shall be signed by all precinct election […]

Section 52.24 – Separate ballots.

52.24 Separate ballots. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting the use of a separate ballot for public measures. [S13, §1137-a27; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §926; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §52.24] 2009 Acts, ch 57, §55 Single ballot, exceptions; see also §49.30, 49.43

Section 52.25 – Summary of amendment or public measure.

52.25 Summary of amendment or public measure. 1. The question of a constitutional convention, amendments, and public measures including bond issues may be voted on ballots in the following manner: a. The entire convention question, amendment, or public measure shall be printed and displayed prominently in at least one place within the voting precinct, and […]

Section 52.26 – Authorized optical scan voting system.

52.26 Authorized optical scan voting system. 1. Every optical scan voting system approved by the state board of examiners for voting systems shall: a. Provide for voting in secrecy, except as to persons entitled by sections 49.90 and 49.91 to assistance. The state board of examiners for voting systems shall determine whether the systems’ voting […]

Section 52.27 – Commissioner to provide optical scan voting equipment.

52.27 Commissioner to provide optical scan voting equipment. The commissioner having jurisdiction of any precinct for which the board of supervisors has adopted voting by means of an optical scan voting system shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, provide for use at each election held in the precinct optical scan ballots and ballot marking devices […]