Iowa Code § 43.76
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Withdrawal of nominated candidates.
Official statutory text
(1) A candidate nominated in a primary election for any office for which nomination papers are required to be filed with the state commissioner may withdraw as a nominee for that office on or before, but not later than, the eighty-first day before the date of the general election by so notifying the state commissioner in writing.
(2) A candidate nominated in a primary election for any office for which nomination papers are required to be filed with the commissioner may withdraw as a nominee for that office on or before, but not later than, the seventy-fourth day before the date of the general election by so notifying the commissioner in writing.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, §43.59(2); C77, 79, 81, §43.76]89 Acts, ch 136, §20; 2017 Acts, ch 110, §67
(2) A candidate nominated in a primary election for any office for which nomination papers are required to be filed with the commissioner may withdraw as a nominee for that office on or before, but not later than, the seventy-fourth day before the date of the general election by so notifying the commissioner in writing.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, §43.59(2); C77, 79, 81, §43.76]89 Acts, ch 136, §20; 2017 Acts, ch 110, §67
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