54.1 Time of election — qualifications. At the general election in the years of the presidential election, or at such other times as the Congress of the United States may direct, there shall be elected by the voters of the state one person from each congressional district into which the state is divided, and two […]
54.2 How elected. A vote for the candidates of any political party, or group of petitioners, for president and vice president of the United States, shall be conclusively deemed to be a vote for each candidate nominated in each district and in the state at large by said party, or group of petitioners, for presidential […]
54.3 Canvass. The canvass of the votes for candidates for president and vice president of the United States and the returns thereof shall be a canvass and return of the votes cast for the electors of the same party or group of petitioners, respectively, and the certificate of such election made by the governor shall […]
54.4 Nonparty organizations. The term “group of petitioners” as used in this chapter shall embrace an organization which is not a political party as defined by law. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §966; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §54.4] Nonparty organizations, see chapter 44 Political party defined, §43.2 […]
54.5 Presidential nominees. 1. a. The names of the candidates for president and vice president of a political party as defined in the law relating to primary elections, shall, by 5:00 p.m. on the eighty-first day before the election, be certified to the state commissioner by the chairperson and secretary of the state central committee […]
54.6 Certificate. At the expiration of ten days from the completed canvass, the governor, under the governor’s hand and the seal of state, shall issue to each presidential elector declared elected a certificate of election, the same in substance as required in other cases, and shall notify the elector to attend at the seat of […]
54.7 Meeting — certificate. 1. The presidential electors and alternate electors shall meet in the capitol, at the seat of government, on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December next following their election. 2. If, at the time of such meeting, any elector for any cause is absent, the state commissioner shall appoint […]
54.8 Elector voting — certificate of governor. 1. At the time designated for elector voting and after all vacant positions have been filled under section 54.7, the state commissioner shall provide each elector with a presidential and a vice presidential ballot. The elector shall mark the elector’s presidential and vice presidential ballots with the elector’s […]
54.8A Elector replacement — associated certificates. 1. After the vote of this state’s electors is completed, if the final list of electors differs from any list that the governor previously included on a certificate of ascertainment prepared and transmitted under 3 U.S.C. §6, the state commissioner shall immediately prepare an amended certificate of ascertainment and […]
54.9 Compensation. The electors shall each receive a compensation of one-half of the federal general services administration’s per diem rate for the relevant date and location for every day’s attendance, and the same mileage as members of the general assembly which shall be paid from funds not otherwise appropriated from the general fund of the […]
