46.21 - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS.
46.21 CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS.
At least sixty-nine days before each judicial election, the state
commissioner of elections shall certify to the county commissioner of
elections of each county a list of the judges of the supreme court,
court of appeals, and district court including district associate
judges, full-time associate juvenile judges, and full-time associate
probate judges, and clerks of the district court to be voted on in
each county at that election. The county commissioner of elections
shall place the names upon the ballot in the order in which they
appear in the certificate. The state commissioner of elections shall
rotate the names in the certificate by county. The names of all
judges and clerks to be voted on shall be placed upon one ballot,
which shall be in substantially the following form:
STATE OF IOWA JUDICIAL BALLOT (Date)
VOTE ON ALL NAMES BY PLACING AN X IN THE APPROPRIATE BOX AFTER
EACH NAME.
SUPREME COURT
Shall the following judges of the Supreme Court be retained in
office?
candidate's name yes $YVB no $YVB
candidate's name yes $YVB no $YVB
COURT OF APPEALS
Shall the following judges of the Court of Appeals be retained in
office?
candidate's name yes $YVB no $YVB
candidate's name yes $YVB no $YVB
DISTRICT COURT
Shall the following judge, associate judge, associate juvenile
judge, or associate probate judge of the District Court be retained
in office?
candidate's name yes $YVB no $YVB
Shall the following clerk of the District Court be retained in
office?
candidate's name yes $YVB no $YVB
Section History: Early Form
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 46.21] Section History: Recent Form
83 Acts, ch 186, § 10024, 10201; 89 Acts, ch 136, §30; 99 Acts, ch
93, §3; 2004 Acts, ch 1083, §2, 37
Referred to in § 602.1216, 602.6305, 602.7103C, 633.20C
Voting mark generally, see § 49.92