§ Iowa Code § 52.25Summary of amendment or public measure

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52.25 Summary of amendment or public measure.
1. The question of a constitutional convention, amendments, and public measures
including bond issues may be voted on ballots in the following manner:
a. The entire convention question, amendment, or public measure shall be printed and
displayed prominently in at least one place within the voting precinct, and inside each voting
booth, the printing to be in conformity with the provisions of chapter 49.
b. The question, amendment, or measure, and summaries thereof, shall be printed on the
ballots. In no case shall the font size be less than ten point type.
2. The public measure shall be summarized by the commissioner, except that:
a. In the case of the question of a constitutional convention, or of an amendment or
measure to be voted on in the entire state, the summary shall be worded by the state
commissioner of elections as required by section 49.44.
b. In the case of a public question to be voted on in a political subdivision lying in more
than one county, the summary shall be worded by the controlling commissioner under section
47.2 for that election.
190, §32; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §56; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §15; 2017 Acts,
ch 155, §30, 44

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