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43.4 Political party precinct caucuses.
1. Delegates to county conventions of political parties and party committee members
shall be elected at precinct caucuses held not later than the fourth Monday in February of
each even-numbered year. The date shall be at least eight days earlier than the scheduled
date for any meeting, caucus, or primary which constitutes the first determining stage of the
presidential nominating process in any other state, territory, or any other group which has
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Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 43 (48, 2)
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PARTISAN NOMINATIONS — PRIMARY ELECTION, §43.6
the authority to select delegates in the presidential nomination. The state central committees
of the political parties shall set the date for their caucuses. The county chairperson of each
political party shall issue the call for the caucuses. The county chairperson shall file with
the commissioner the meeting place of each precinct caucus at least seven days prior to the
date of holding the caucus.
2. There shall be selected among those present at a precinct caucus a chairperson and a
secretary who shall within seven days certify to the county central committee the names of
those elected as party committee members and delegates to the county convention.
3. When the rules of a political party require the selection and reporting of delegates
selected as part of the presidential nominating process, or the rules of a political party require
the tabulation and reporting of the number of persons attending the caucus favoring each
presidential candidate, it is the duty of a person designated as provided by the rules of that
political party to report the results of the precinct caucus as directed by the state central
committee of that political party. When the person designated to report the results of the
precinct caucus reports the results, representatives of each candidate, if they so choose, may
accompany the person as the results are being reported to assure that an accurate report of
the proceedings is reported. If ballots are used at the precinct caucus, representatives of each
candidate or other persons attending the precinct caucus may observe the tabulation of the
results of the balloting. If the state central committee of a political party chooses to select its
delegates as a part of the presidential nominating process at political party precinct caucuses
on the date provided in subsection 1, the precinct caucuses shall take place in person among
the participants physically present at the location of each precinct caucus.
4. Within sixty days after the date of the caucus the county central committee shall certify
to the county commissioner the names of those elected as party committee members and
delegates to the county convention. The commissioner shall retain precinct caucus records
for twenty-two months. In addition, within fourteen days after the date of the precinct caucus,
the chairperson of the county central committee shall deliver to the county commissioner all
completed voter registration forms received at the caucus.
5. The central committee of each political party shall notify the delegates and committee
members so elected and certified of their election and of the time and place of holding the
county convention. Such conventions shall be held either preceding or following the primary
election but no later than ten days following the primary election and shall be held on the
same day throughout the state.
ch 1033, §1; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121; 2023 Acts, ch 165, §2
Failure to report, criminal penalty, §39A.4