§ 168.972Nominating and voting for candidate for nonpartisan office; signing and filing

nominating petition; signing, contents, and filing of recall petition.
 Sec. 972.
    (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) and section 971c, if the recall election involves a
 nonpartisan office, a candidate for that nonpartisan office shall be nominated and voted for in
 the recall election by filing a nominating petition or paying a $100.00 nonrefundable fee not
 later than 4 p.m. on the tenth day after the filing official with whom the recall petition is filed
 calls the recall election. The nominating petition shall be filed with the clerk of the electoral
 district and signed by 10% of the number of qualified and registered electors of the electoral
 district as required under section 544f. Instead of filing a nominating petition, an individual
 may become a candidate by paying a $100.00 nonrefundable fee with the clerk of the electoral
 district.
    (2) This subsection applies to a recall election involving a school board member, if the
 recall election is scheduled to be held on the same date as a general election. A nominating
 petition filed by a candidate shall be signed by a number of qualified and registered electors of



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 the school district as determined under section 303. The nominating petition shall be filed with
 the school district election coordinator, as designated by section 301, not later than 4 p.m. on
 the tenth day after the filing official with whom the recall petition is filed calls the recall
 election. Instead of filing a nominating petition, an individual may become a candidate by
 paying a $100.00 nonrefundable fee to the school district election coordinator.