§ Iowa Code § 49.14Substitute precinct election officials

49.14 Substitute precinct election officials.
1. The commissioner may appoint substitute precinct election officials as alternates for
election board members. The responsibilities and duties of a precinct election official present
at the time the polling place was opened on the day of an election may be assumed at any
later time that day by a substitute appointed as an alternate. The substitute shall serve either
for the balance of that election day or for any shorter period of time the commissioner may
designate. At partisan elections, a substitute precinct election official assuming the duties of a
precinct election official shall be a member of the same political party as the precinct election
official whose duties are being assumed, unless substitution of a precinct election official not
of the same political party results in no more than a simple majority of the total number of
precinct election officials serving in that precinct being members of the same political party.
2. Substitute precinct election officials shall be appointed and shall serve in accordance
with sections 49.12, 49.13, 49.15, and 49.16, and shall receive compensation as provided by
sections 49.20 and 49.125. Upon arriving at the polling place and prior to performing any
official duty, a substitute precinct election official shall take the oath required by section 49.75.
3. The commissioner shall not employ substitute precinct election officials in a partisan
election unless:
a. The election board panel drawn up pursuant to section 49.15 contains the names of
a sufficient number of political party designees to permit appointment of both the regular
precinct election officials and any substitute precinct election officials from that panel; or
b. The commissioner has informed the county chairpersons of the political parties
referred to in section 49.13, subsection 2, thirty days prior to the date of the election, of
intent to appoint substitute precinct election officials and has allowed ten days thereafter
for the respective county chairpersons to provide additional names of persons from whom
the substitute precinct election officials shall be appointed. If a county chairperson fails to
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provide additional names after being so notified, the commissioner may appoint persons
known to be members of the appropriate political party or parties.