49.12 - ELECTION BOARDS.
49.12 ELECTION BOARDS.
There shall be appointed in each election precinct an election
board which shall ordinarily consist of three or five precinct
election officials. At the commissioner's discretion, additional
precinct election officials may be appointed to work at any election.
Double election boards may be appointed for any precinct as provided
by chapter 51. Not more than a simple majority of the members of the
election board in any precinct, or of the two combined boards in any
precinct for which a double election board is appointed, shall be
members of the same political party or organization if one or more
registered voters of another party or organization are qualified and
willing to serve on the board. Section History: Early Form
[C51, § 246, 248, 1111; R60, § 481, 483, 2027, 2030, 2031; C73, §
606, 1717, 1719; C97, § 1093, 2746, 2751, 2756; S13, § 2756; SS15, §
1087-a5, 1093; C24, § 559, 730, 731, 735, 4165, 4195, 4209, 4211;
C27, § 559, 730, 731, 735, 4165, 4195, 4209, 4211-b2; C31, 35, § 559,
730, 731, 735, 4165, 4216-c10; C39, § 559, 730, 731, 735, 4165,
4216.10; C46, 50, § 43.31, 49.12, 49.13, 49.17, 49.19, 276.12,
277.10; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 43.31, 49.12, 49.13, 49.17,
275.19, 277.10; C75, 77, 79, 81, § 49.12] Section History: Recent Form
87 Acts, ch 221, § 12; 88 Acts, ch 1119, § 15; 95 Acts, ch 67,
§53; 98 Acts, ch 1123, § 4
Referred to in § 39A.1, 49.14, 49.16, 49.18, 50.21, 50.22, 53.23