Iowa Code § 43.115
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Nomination papers — number of signers.
Official statutory text
(1) All candidates for nominations to be made in primary elections held pursuant to section 43.112 shall file nomination papers with the city clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. forty days before the date of the election as established by section 43.114, except that candidates for precinct committee member shall file affidavits of candidacy as required by section 420.130. The number of eligible electors signing petitions required for printing the name of a candidate upon the official primary ballot shall be one hundred for an office to be filled by the voters of the entire city and twenty-five for an office to be filled by the voters of a subdivision of the city.
(2) Notwithstanding any statute to the contrary, a candidate for precinct committee member may also file as a candidate for one additional office.
(3) Objections to nomination petitions and certificates of nominations shall be filed and decided as provided in section 43.24.
[S13, §1087-a34; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §642; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.115]84 Acts, ch 1291, §2; 88 Acts, ch 1119, §7; 90 Acts, ch 1238, §6; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §11
(2) Notwithstanding any statute to the contrary, a candidate for precinct committee member may also file as a candidate for one additional office.
(3) Objections to nomination petitions and certificates of nominations shall be filed and decided as provided in section 43.24.
[S13, §1087-a34; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §642; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.115]84 Acts, ch 1291, §2; 88 Acts, ch 1119, §7; 90 Acts, ch 1238, §6; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §11
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