§ Iowa Code § 50.11Proclamation of result

50.11 Proclamation of result.
1. When the canvass is completed one of the precinct election officials shall publicly
announce the total number of votes received by each of the persons voted for, the office
for which the person is designated, as announced by the designated tally keepers, and the
number of votes for, and the number of votes against, any proposition which shall have
been submitted to a vote of the people. A precinct election official may, at the request of the
commissioner who is conducting the election, communicate the election results by telephone
and shall deliver the election results in person pursuant to section 50.14 to the commissioner
who is conducting the election immediately upon completion of the canvass.
2. Election results may be transmitted electronically from voting equipment to the
commissioner’s office only after the precinct election officials have produced a written
report of the election results. The devices used for the electronic transmission of election
results shall be approved for use by the board of examiners pursuant to section 52.41. The
state commissioner of elections shall adopt rules establishing procedures for the electronic
transmission of election results.
3. The commissioner shall remain on duty until such information is communicated to
the commissioner from each polling place in the commissioner’s county. For an election
for a political subdivision that is located in more than one county, the commissioner shall,
if applicable, communicate that county’s election results for the political subdivision to the
controlling commissioner for that political subdivision under section 47.2, and the controlling
commissioner shall remain on duty until such information is communicated to the controlling
commissioner from each commissioner for the political subdivision.
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Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 50 (39, 1)
§50.12, CANVASS OF VOTES
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