§ Iowa Code § 45.6Requirements in signing

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45.6 Requirements in signing.
The following requirements shall be observed in the signing and preparation of nomination
petitions:
1. A signer may sign nomination petitions for more than one candidate for the same office,
and the signature is not invalid solely because the signer signed nomination petitions for one
or more other candidates for the office.
2. Each signer shall add the signer’s residential address, with street and number, if any,
and city.
3. All signers, for all nominations, of each separate part of a nomination petition, shall
reside in the appropriate ward, city, county, school district or school district director district,
legislative district, or other district as required by section 45.1.
4. When more than one sheet is used, the sheets shall be neatly arranged and securely
fastened together before filing, and shall be considered one nomination petition. Nomination
petitions which are not securely fastened together shall be returned to the candidate or the
candidate’s designee without examination. The state commissioner shall prescribe by rule
the acceptable methods for binding nomination petitions.
5. Only one candidate shall be petitioned for or nominated in the same nomination
petition, except for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, and president and vice
president.
Tue Dec 09 22:31:10 2025
Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 45 (23, 2)

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