§ Iowa Code § 46.24Results of election

46.24 Results of election.
1. A judge of the supreme court, court of appeals, or district court including a district
associate judge, full-time associate juvenile judge, or full-time associate probate judge, or a
clerk of the district court must receive more affirmative than negative votes to be retained in
office. When the poll is closed, the election judges shall publicly canvass the vote forthwith.
The board of supervisors shall canvass the returns on the Tuesday after the election, and shall
promptly certify the number of affirmative and negative votes on each judge or clerk to the
state commissioner of elections.
2. The state board of canvassers shall, at the time of canvassing the vote cast at a general
election, open and canvass all of the returns for the judicial election. Each judge of the
supreme court, court of appeals, or district court including a district associate judge, full-time
associate juvenile judge, or full-time associate probate judge, or a clerk of the district court
who has received more affirmative than negative votes shall receive from the state board of
canvassers an appropriate certificate so stating.
§8; 2025 Acts, ch 122, §3
Subsection 1 amended