49.26 - COMMISSIONER TO DECIDE METHOD OF VOTING -- COUNTING OF BALLOTS.
49.26 COMMISSIONER TO DECIDE METHOD OF VOTING --
COUNTING OF BALLOTS.
1. In all elections regulated by this chapter, the voting shall
be by paper ballots printed and distributed as provided by law, or by
voting systems meeting the requirements of chapter 52.
2. a. The commissioner shall determine in advance of each
election conducted for a city of three thousand five hundred or less
population or for any school district whether the ballots will be
counted by automatic tabulating equipment or by the precinct election
officials. In making such a determination, the commissioner shall
consider voter turnout for recent similar elections and factors
considered likely to affect voter turnout for the forthcoming
election.
b. If the commissioner concludes that voting will probably be
so light as to make counting of ballots by the precinct election
officials less expensive than preparation and use of automatic
tabulating equipment, paper ballots shall be used. The commissioner
may use ballots and instructions similar to those used when the
ballots are counted by automatic tabulating equipment. Section History: Early Form
[S13, § 2754; C24, 27, § 4203; C31, 35, § 4216-c15; C39, §
4216.15; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, § 277.15; C75, 77, 79,
81, § 49.26] Section History: Recent Form
97 Acts, ch 170, § 28; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §24
Referred to in § 49.19, 49.25, 51.15, 52.1