§ Iowa Code § 49.30All candidates and issues on one ballot — exceptions

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49.30 All candidates and issues on one ballot — exceptions.
1. All constitutional amendments, all public measures, and the names of all candidates,
other than presidential electors, to be voted for in each election precinct, shall be printed on
one ballot, except that separate ballots are authorized when it is not possible to include all
offices and public measures on a single ballot. In the event that it is not possible to include
all offices and public measures on a single ballot, separate ballots may be provided for
nonpartisan offices, judges, or public measures.
2. If printed on the same ballot, the offices of political subdivisions shall, if applicable, be
printed in the following order:
a. Those of a county.
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Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 49 (55, 2)
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METHOD OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS, §49.31
b. Those of a city.
c. Those of a school district.
d. Those of a merged area.
e. Those of any other political subdivision.
3. If printed on the same ballot, the public measures of political subdivisions shall be
printed in the same order as provided for offices of the political subdivisions.
Acts, ch 1134, §31, 115; 2005 Acts, ch 152, §7, 8; 2007 Acts, ch 190, §20 – 22; 2010 Acts, ch
1033, §18; 2017 Acts, ch 155, §19, 44
Single ballot, exceptions; see also, §49.43, 52.24

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