45.1 - NOMINATIONS BY PETITION.
45.1 NOMINATIONS BY PETITION.
1. Nominations for candidates for president and vice president,
governor and lieutenant governor, and for other statewide elected
offices may be made by nomination petitions signed by not less than
one thousand five hundred eligible electors residing in not less than
ten counties of the state.
2. Nominations for candidates for a representative in the United
States house of representatives may be made by nomination petitions
signed by not less than the number of eligible electors equal to the
number of signatures required in subsection 1 divided by the number
of congressional districts. Signers of the petition shall be
eligible electors who are residents of the congressional district.
3. Nominations for candidates for the state senate may be made by
nomination petitions signed by not less than one hundred eligible
electors who are residents of the senate district.
4. Nominations for candidates for the state house of
representatives may be made by nomination petitions signed by not
less than fifty eligible electors who are residents of the
representative district.
5. Nominations for candidates for offices filled by the voters of
a whole county may be made by nomination petitions signed by eligible
electors who are residents of the county equal in number to at least
one percent of the number of registered voters in the county on July
1 in the year preceding the year in which the office will appear on
the ballot, or by at least two hundred fifty eligible electors who
are residents of the county, whichever is less.
6. Nominations for candidates for the office of county supervisor
elected by the voters of a supervisor district may be made by
nomination petitions signed by eligible electors who are residents of
the supervisor district equal in number to at least one percent of
the number of registered voters in the supervisor district on July 1
in the year preceding the year in which the office will appear on the
ballot, or by at least one hundred fifty eligible electors who are
residents of the supervisor district, whichever is less.
7. a. Nomination papers for the offices of president and vice
president shall include the names of the candidates for both offices
on each page of the petition. A certificate listing the names of the
candidates for presidential electors, one from each congressional
district and two from the state at large, shall be filed in the state
commissioner's office at the same time the nomination papers are
filed.
b. Nomination papers for the offices of governor and
lieutenant governor shall include the names of candidates for both
offices on each page of the petition. Nomination papers for other
statewide elected offices and all other offices shall include the
name of the candidate on each page of the petition.
8. Nominations for candidates for elective offices in cities
where the council has adopted nominations under this chapter may be
submitted as follows:
a. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 9, in cities
having a population of three thousand five hundred or greater
according to the most recent federal decennial census, nominations
may be made by nomination papers signed by not less than twenty-five
eligible electors who are residents of the city or ward.
b. In cities having a population of one hundred or greater,
but less than three thousand five hundred, according to the most
recent federal decennial census, nominations may be made by
nomination papers signed by not less than ten eligible electors who
are residents of the city or ward.
c. In cities having a population less than one hundred
according to the most recent federal decennial census, nominations
may be made by nomination papers signed by not less than five
eligible electors who are residents of the city.
9. Nominations for candidates, other than partisan candidates,
for elective offices in special charter cities subject to section
43.112 may be submitted as follows:
a. For the office of mayor and alderman at large, nominations
may be made by nomination papers signed by eligible electors residing
in the city equal in number to at least two percent of the total vote
received by all candidates for mayor at the last preceding city
election.
b. For the office of ward alderman, nominations may be made
by nomination papers signed by eligible electors residing in the ward
equal in number to at least two percent of the total vote received by
all candidates for ward alderman in that ward at the last preceding
city election. Section History: Early Form
[C97, § 1100; C24, § 651; C27, 31, 35, § 655-a17; C39, §
655.17; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 45.1;
81 Acts, ch 34, § 7] Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1224, § 7; 88 Acts, ch 1119, § 10, 11; 89 Acts, ch
136, §27; 93 Acts, ch 143, § 8; 94 Acts, ch 1180, §10; 2007 Acts, ch
25, §2; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §10
Referred to in § 45.6