§ Iowa Code § 43.66Write-in candidates

43.66 Write-in candidates.
The fact that the candidate who receives the highest number of votes cast for any party’s
nomination for an office to which section 43.52 or 43.65 is applicable is a person whose
name was not printed on the official primary election ballot shall not affect the validity of the
person’s nomination as a candidate for that office in the general election. However, if there is
no candidate on the official primary ballot of a political party for nomination to a particular
office, a write-in candidate may obtain the party’s nomination to that office in the primary if
the candidate receives a number of votes equal to at least thirty-five percent of the total vote
cast for all of that party’s candidates for that office in the last preceding primary election for
which the party had candidates on the ballot for that office. If there have been no candidates
from a political party for a seat in the general assembly since the most recent redistricting
of the general assembly, a write-in candidate shall be considered nominated who receives a
number of votes equal to at least thirty-five percent of the total votes cast, at the last preceding
primary election in the precincts which currently constitute the general assembly district,
for all of that party’s candidates for representative in the Congress of the United States or
who receives at least one hundred votes, whichever number is greater. When two or more
nominees are required, the division procedure prescribed in section 43.52 shall be applied
to establish the minimum number of write-in votes necessary for nomination. If the primary
is inconclusive, the necessary nominations shall be made in accordance with section 43.78,
subsection 1.