Iowa Code § 43.49
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Canvass by county board.
Official statutory text
(1) On the Tuesday following the primary election, the board of supervisors shall meet, open, and canvass the returns from each voting precinct in the county, and make abstracts thereof, stating the following:
(1) (a) The number of ballots cast in the county in each precinct by each political party, separately, for each office.
(1) (b) The name of each person voted for and the number of votes given to each person for each different office.
(1) (c) The votes of all write-in candidates who each received less than five percent of the votes cast for an office reported collectively under the heading “scattering”.
(2) If the day designated by this section for the canvass is a public holiday, the provisions of section 4.1, subsection 34, shall apply.
[S13, §1087-a19; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §577; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.49]90 Acts, ch 1238, §3; 95 Acts, ch 189, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2010 Acts, ch 1033, §8, 9, 56; 2025 Acts, ch 122, §1
(1) (a) The number of ballots cast in the county in each precinct by each political party, separately, for each office.
(1) (b) The name of each person voted for and the number of votes given to each person for each different office.
(1) (c) The votes of all write-in candidates who each received less than five percent of the votes cast for an office reported collectively under the heading “scattering”.
(2) If the day designated by this section for the canvass is a public holiday, the provisions of section 4.1, subsection 34, shall apply.
[S13, §1087-a19; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §577; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §43.49]90 Acts, ch 1238, §3; 95 Acts, ch 189, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2010 Acts, ch 1033, §8, 9, 56; 2025 Acts, ch 122, §1
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